diff --git a/completions/Makefile.am b/completions/Makefile.am
--- a/completions/Makefile.am
+++ b/completions/Makefile.am
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ bashcomp_DATA = 2to3 \
 		reportbug \
 		_reptyr \
 		resolvconf \
-		rfkill \
+		_rfkill \
 		ri \
 		rmlist \
 		rmmod \
diff --git a/completions/rfkill b/completions/_rfkill
similarity index 86%
rename from completions/rfkill
rename to completions/_rfkill
--- a/completions/rfkill
+++ b/completions/_rfkill
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # bash completion for rfkill                               -*- shell-script -*-
 
+# Use of this file is deprecated on systems with util-linux >= 2.31, which
+# ships completion for the rfkill included with it.
+
 _rfkill()
 {
     local cur prev words cword