diff --git a/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs b/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs
index 84521bdd1..7b02a7a83 100644
--- a/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs
+++ b/src/uu/basename/src/basename.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ fn basename(fullname: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
     }
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::manual_strip)] // can be replaced with strip_suffix once the minimum rust version is 1.45
 fn strip_suffix(name: &str, suffix: &str) -> String {
     if name == suffix {
         return name.to_owned();