diff --git a/src/main/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlace.java b/src/main/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlace.java
index 0196906275..971e25e75e 100755
--- a/src/main/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlace.java
+++ b/src/main/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlace.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import static emissary.core.constants.Parameters.SUFFIXES_HTML_ESCAPE;
 import static emissary.core.constants.Parameters.SUMMARY;
 
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class HtmlEscapePlace extends ServiceProviderPlace {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscape.java b/src/main/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscape.java
index ebe5130ed4..982bc49ac6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscape.java
+++ b/src/main/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscape.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class HtmlEscape {
 
     /* our logger */
diff --git a/src/test/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlaceTest.java b/src/test/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlaceTest.java
index 2095c725f7..c31c426f45 100644
--- a/src/test/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlaceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/emissary/transform/HtmlEscapePlaceTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import static emissary.core.constants.Parameters.SUMMARY;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public class HtmlEscapePlaceTest extends ExtractionTest {
 
     public static Stream<? extends Arguments> data() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscapeTest.java b/src/test/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscapeTest.java
index f47f58be03..01f3bc2c50 100755
--- a/src/test/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscapeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/emissary/transform/decode/HtmlEscapeTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 class HtmlEscapeTest extends UnitTest {
 
     private static final String W = "Президент Буш";