diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 9c32266da4..a797ba5ceb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ unreleased
       and bind <kbd>C-c M-d</kbd> and <kbd>C-c |</kbd> instead to `merlin-destruct`;
       bind <kbd>C-u C-c C-t</kbd> to `merlin-type-expr`.
       See also <https://github.com/ocaml/merlin/issues/1386#issuecomment-1701567716>
+    - emacs: remove use of obsolete `defadvice` macro (#1675)
 
 merlin 4.10
 ==========
diff --git a/emacs/merlin.el b/emacs/merlin.el
index e1419a8fe6..c13fac943a 100644
--- a/emacs/merlin.el
+++ b/emacs/merlin.el
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ a new window or not."
 
 (defcustom merlin-logfile nil
   "If non-nil, use this file for the log file (should be an absolute path)."
-  :group 'merlin :type 'filename)
+  :group 'merlin :type 'file)
 
 (defcustom merlin-arrow-keys-type-enclosing t
   "If non-nil, after a type enclosing, C-up and C-down are used
@@ -807,12 +807,12 @@ If there is no error, do nothing."
     (setq err (merlin--error-at-position point errors))
     (if err (cons point err) nil)))
 
-(defun merlin--after-save ()
+(defun merlin--after-save (&optional _)
   (when (and merlin-mode merlin-error-after-save) (merlin-error-check)))
 
-(defadvice basic-save-buffer (after merlin--after-save activate)
-  "The save hook is called only if buffer was modified, but user might want fresh errors anyway"
-  (merlin--after-save))
+; The save hook is called only if buffer was modified,
+; but user might want fresh errors anyway
+(advice-add 'basic-save-buffer :after #'merlin--after-save)
 
 (defun merlin-error-prev (&optional group)
   "Jump back to previous error."