diff --git a/lib/poison/parser.ex b/lib/poison/parser.ex
index 588ac3e..43d77e4 100644
--- a/lib/poison/parser.ex
+++ b/lib/poison/parser.ex
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ defmodule Poison.Parser do
   @compile {:inline_size, 150}
   @compile {:inline_unroll, 3}
 
-  use Bitwise
+  import Bitwise
 
   alias Poison.{Decoder, ParseError}