diff --git a/lib/plugin/instance.rb b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
index ac575b1c72b..f304dee4ebb 100644
--- a/lib/plugin/instance.rb
+++ b/lib/plugin/instance.rb
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ class Plugin::Instance
         provider.authenticator.enabled?
       rescue NotImplementedError
         provider.authenticator.define_singleton_method(:enabled?) do
-          Rails.logger.warn("#{provider.authenticator.class.name} should define an `enabled?` function. Patching for now.")
+          Discourse.deprecate("#{provider.authenticator.class.name} should define an `enabled?` function. Patching for now.")
           return SiteSetting.send(provider.enabled_setting) if provider.enabled_setting
-          Rails.logger.warn("#{provider.authenticator.class.name} has not defined an enabled_setting. Defaulting to true.")
+          Discourse.deprecate("#{provider.authenticator.class.name} has not defined an enabled_setting. Defaulting to true.")
           true
         end
       end