diff --git a/pep-3145.txt b/pep-3145.txt
index adef7133d..0b08d6192 100644
--- a/pep-3145.txt
+++ b/pep-3145.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Title: Asynchronous I/O For subprocess.Popen
 Version: $Revision$
 Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: (James) Eric Pruitt, Charles R. McCreary, Josiah Carlson
-Status: Deferred
+Status: Withdrawn
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/plain
 Created: 04-Aug-2009
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ PEP Deferral:
     at least until after PEP 3156 has been resolved.
 
 
+PEP Withdrawal:
+
+    This can be dealt with in the bug tracker.
+     A specific proposal is attached to http://bugs.python.org/issue18823
+
+
 Motivation:
 
     A search for "python asynchronous subprocess" will turn up numerous