diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 62638056..125687f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://book.async.rs/overview
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+The new `async_std::channel` submodule, introduced in 1.8.0, has been stabilized. You no longer need the `unstable` feature to use it.
+
 ## Added
 
 - Add `tokio1` feature ([#924](https://github.com/async-rs/async-std/pull/924))
diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
index 90adc140..72938892 100644
--- a/src/channel.rs
+++ b/src/channel.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 //! Channels
 
-#[cfg(feature = "unstable")]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "docs", doc(cfg(unstable)))]
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use async_channel::*;
diff --git a/tests/channel.rs b/tests/channel.rs
index f30b7e7f..2aa27131 100644
--- a/tests/channel.rs
+++ b/tests/channel.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![cfg(feature = "unstable")]
-
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;