diff --git a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
index 28497ad6f1..e9b4cd6455 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/parser_test.zig
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-// TODO remove `use` keyword eventually: https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/2591
-test "zig fmt: change use to usingnamespace" {
-    try testTransform(
-        \\use @import("std");
-    ,
-        \\usingnamespace @import("std");
-        \\
-    );
-}
-
 test "zig fmt: async function" {
     try testCanonical(
         \\pub const Server = struct {
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/render.zig b/lib/std/zig/render.zig
index 81ba8e941c..c6912087cf 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/render.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/render.zig
@@ -226,9 +226,7 @@ fn renderTopLevelDecl(allocator: *mem.Allocator, stream: var, tree: *ast.Tree, i
             if (use_decl.visib_token) |visib_token| {
                 try renderToken(tree, stream, visib_token, indent, start_col, Space.Space); // pub
             }
-            // TODO after depracating use, go back to this:
-            //try renderToken(tree, stream, use_decl.use_token, indent, start_col, Space.Space); // usingnamespace
-            try stream.write("usingnamespace ");
+            try renderToken(tree, stream, use_decl.use_token, indent, start_col, Space.Space); // usingnamespace
             try renderExpression(allocator, stream, tree, indent, start_col, use_decl.expr, Space.None);
             try renderToken(tree, stream, use_decl.semicolon_token, indent, start_col, Space.Newline); // ;
         },
diff --git a/lib/std/zig/tokenizer.zig b/lib/std/zig/tokenizer.zig
index b401b25ade..ae82cb7602 100644
--- a/lib/std/zig/tokenizer.zig
+++ b/lib/std/zig/tokenizer.zig
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ pub const Token = struct {
         Keyword{ .bytes = "undefined", .id = Id.Keyword_undefined },
         Keyword{ .bytes = "union", .id = Id.Keyword_union },
         Keyword{ .bytes = "unreachable", .id = Id.Keyword_unreachable },
-        Keyword{ .bytes = "use", .id = Id.Keyword_usingnamespace },
         Keyword{ .bytes = "usingnamespace", .id = Id.Keyword_usingnamespace },
         Keyword{ .bytes = "var", .id = Id.Keyword_var },
         Keyword{ .bytes = "volatile", .id = Id.Keyword_volatile },
diff --git a/src/tokenizer.cpp b/src/tokenizer.cpp
index 674f0c2b96..8b301f85ac 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenizer.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ static const struct ZigKeyword zig_keywords[] = {
     {"undefined", TokenIdKeywordUndefined},
     {"union", TokenIdKeywordUnion},
     {"unreachable", TokenIdKeywordUnreachable},
-    {"use", TokenIdKeywordUsingNamespace},
     {"usingnamespace", TokenIdKeywordUsingNamespace},
     {"var", TokenIdKeywordVar},
     {"volatile", TokenIdKeywordVolatile},
diff --git a/test/compare_output.zig b/test/compare_output.zig
index 4e55b374b6..dfa33e26bd 100644
--- a/test/compare_output.zig
+++ b/test/compare_output.zig
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
 
     cases.addCase(x: {
         var tc = cases.create("multiple files with private function",
-            \\use @import("std").io;
-            \\use @import("foo.zig");
+            \\usingnamespace @import("std").io;
+            \\usingnamespace @import("foo.zig");
             \\
             \\pub fn main() void {
             \\    privateFunction();
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
         , "OK 1\nOK 2\n");
 
         tc.addSourceFile("foo.zig",
-            \\use @import("std").io;
+            \\usingnamespace @import("std").io;
             \\
             \\// purposefully conflicting function with main.zig
             \\// but it's private so it should be OK
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
 
     cases.addCase(x: {
         var tc = cases.create("import segregation",
-            \\use @import("foo.zig");
-            \\use @import("bar.zig");
+            \\usingnamespace @import("foo.zig");
+            \\usingnamespace @import("bar.zig");
             \\
             \\pub fn main() void {
             \\    foo_function();
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
         , "OK\nOK\n");
 
         tc.addSourceFile("foo.zig",
-            \\use @import("std").io;
+            \\usingnamespace @import("std").io;
             \\pub fn foo_function() void {
             \\    const stdout = &(getStdOut() catch unreachable).outStream().stream;
             \\    stdout.print("OK\n") catch unreachable;
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
         );
 
         tc.addSourceFile("bar.zig",
-            \\use @import("other.zig");
-            \\use @import("std").io;
+            \\usingnamespace @import("other.zig");
+            \\usingnamespace @import("std").io;
             \\
             \\pub fn bar_function() void {
             \\    if (foo_function()) {
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
     });
 
     cases.addCase(x: {
-        var tc = cases.create("two files use import each other",
-            \\use @import("a.zig");
+        var tc = cases.create("two files usingnamespace import each other",
+            \\usingnamespace @import("a.zig");
             \\
             \\pub fn main() void {
             \\    ok();
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
         , "OK\n");
 
         tc.addSourceFile("a.zig",
-            \\use @import("b.zig");
+            \\usingnamespace @import("b.zig");
             \\const io = @import("std").io;
             \\
             \\pub const a_text = "OK\n";
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn addCases(cases: *tests.CompareOutputContext) void {
         );
 
         tc.addSourceFile("b.zig",
-            \\use @import("a.zig");
+            \\usingnamespace @import("a.zig");
             \\
             \\pub const b_text = a_text;
         );