diff --git a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LispReader.java b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LispReader.java
index 137c8a4c8d..0bfae9742d 100644
--- a/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LispReader.java
+++ b/src/jvm/clojure/lang/LispReader.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class LispReader{
 	macros[';'] = new CommentReader();
 	macros['\''] = new WrappingReader(QUOTE);
 	macros['@'] = new WrappingReader(DEREF);//new DerefReader();
-	macros['^'] = new DeprecatedWrappingReader(META, "^");
+	macros['^'] = new MetaReader();
 	macros['`'] = new SyntaxQuoteReader();
 	macros['~'] = new UnquoteReader();
 	macros['('] = new ListReader();