diff --git a/src/png/mod.rs b/src/png/mod.rs
index 84604994..ebc38d25 100644
--- a/src/png/mod.rs
+++ b/src/png/mod.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ pub struct PngData {
 impl PngData {
     /// Create a new `PngData` struct by opening a file
     #[inline]
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub fn new(filepath: &Path, fix_errors: bool) -> Result<PngData, PngError> {
         let byte_data = PngData::read_file(filepath)?;