diff --git a/src/asm/asmy.y b/src/asm/asmy.y
index 627350e3..d453b8cb 100644
--- a/src/asm/asmy.y
+++ b/src/asm/asmy.y
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void strsubUTF8(char *dest, const char *src, uint32_t pos, uint32_t len)
 
 %token	T_POP_INCLUDE T_POP_PRINTF T_POP_PRINTT T_POP_PRINTV T_POP_PRINTI
 %token	T_POP_IF T_POP_ELIF T_POP_ELSE T_POP_ENDC
-%token	T_POP_EXPORT T_POP_GLOBAL
+%token	T_POP_EXPORT T_POP_GLOBAL T_POP_XDEF
 %token	T_POP_DB T_POP_DS T_POP_DW T_POP_DL
 %token	T_POP_SECTION
 %token	T_POP_RB
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ simple_pseudoop : include
 		| else
 		| endc
 		| export
-		| global
 		| { nPCOffset = 0; } db
 		| { nPCOffset = 0; } dw
 		| { nPCOffset = 0; } dl
@@ -950,7 +949,16 @@ purge_list_entry : scoped_id
 		}
 ;
 
-export		: T_POP_EXPORT export_list
+export		: export_token export_list
+;
+
+export_token	: T_POP_EXPORT
+		| T_POP_GLOBAL {
+			warning(WARNING_OBSOLETE, "`GLOBAL` is a deprecated synonym for `EXPORT`");
+		}
+		| T_POP_XDEF {
+			warning(WARNING_OBSOLETE, "`XDEF` is a deprecated synonym for `EXPORT`");
+		}
 ;
 
 export_list	: export_list_entry
@@ -963,19 +971,6 @@ export_list_entry : scoped_id
 		}
 ;
 
-global		: T_POP_GLOBAL global_list
-;
-
-global_list	: global_list_entry
-		| global_list_entry comma global_list
-;
-
-global_list_entry : scoped_id
-		{
-			sym_Export($1);
-		}
-;
-
 equ		: T_LABEL T_POP_EQU const
 		{
 			sym_AddEqu($1, $3);
diff --git a/src/asm/globlex.c b/src/asm/globlex.c
index ca7c238e..d6ec3fa0 100644
--- a/src/asm/globlex.c
+++ b/src/asm/globlex.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ const struct sLexInitString lexer_strings[] = {
 	{"printv", T_POP_PRINTV},
 	{"printf", T_POP_PRINTF},
 	{"export", T_POP_EXPORT},
-	{"xdef", T_POP_EXPORT},
+	{"xdef", T_POP_XDEF},
 	{"global", T_POP_GLOBAL},
 	{"ds", T_POP_DS},
 	{"db", T_POP_DB},