diff -u b/scald.features.inc b/scald.features.inc
--- b/scald.features.inc
+++ b/scald.features.inc
@@ -176,10 +176,10 @@
  * Used when the user choose to switch to new feature export,
  * after recreating the features.
- * It deletes the old "module.context_config.inc" file.
+ * It warns about deprecation of the old "module.context_config.inc" file.
  */
 function _scald_context_clean_export($module) {
   $path = drupal_get_path('module', $module) . '/' . $module . '.context_config.inc';
   if (file_exists($path)) {
-    file_unmanaged_delete($path);
+    features_log(t('The file @filename has been deprecated and can be removed.', array('@filename' => $path)), 'status');
   }
 }