Deprecate more utils and parameters that depend on qiskit.providers.m…

…odels

qiskit/compiler/transpiler.py

@@ -32,12 +32,20 @@
 from qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis.high_level_synthesis import HLSConfig
 from qiskit.transpiler.preset_passmanagers import generate_preset_pass_manager
 from qiskit.transpiler.target import Target
+from qiskit.utils import deprecate_arg
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 _CircuitT = TypeVar("_CircuitT", bound=Union[QuantumCircuit, List[QuantumCircuit]])
 
 
+@deprecate_arg(
+    "backend_properties",
+    since="1.3",
+    removal_timeline="in the 2.0 release",
+    additional_msg="Because `qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties` is deprecated, it wont be"
+    "accepted anymore as a parameter.",
+)
 def transpile(  # pylint: disable=too-many-return-statements
     circuits: _CircuitT,
     backend: Optional[Backend] = None,

qiskit/providers/backend_compat.py

@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@
 from qiskit.providers.models.pulsedefaults import PulseDefaults
 from qiskit.providers.options import Options
 from qiskit.providers.exceptions import BackendPropertyError
+from qiskit.utils import deprecate_func
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+@deprecate_func(
+    since="1.3",
+    removal_timeline="in the 2.0 release",
+    additional_msg="With the deprecation of `qiskit.providers.models` this utility function "
+    "is not needed.",
+)
 def convert_to_target(
     configuration: BackendConfiguration,
     properties: BackendProperties = None,

qiskit/transpiler/passes/synthesis/unitary_synthesis.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 )
 from qiskit.transpiler.passes.synthesis import plugin
 from qiskit.transpiler.target import Target
-
+from qiskit.utils import deprecate_arg
 
 GATE_NAME_MAP = {
     "cx": CXGate._standard_gate,
@@ -313,6 +313,13 @@ def _preferred_direction(
 class UnitarySynthesis(TransformationPass):
     """Synthesize gates according to their basis gates."""
 
+    @deprecate_arg(
+        "backend_props",
+        since="1.3",
+        removal_timeline="in the 2.0 release",
+        additional_msg="Because `qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties` is deprecated, it wont be"
+        "accepted anymore as a parameter.",
+    )
     def __init__(
         self,
         basis_gates: list[str] = None,

qiskit/transpiler/target.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # full target
 from qiskit.providers.backend import QubitProperties  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 from qiskit.providers.models.backendproperties import BackendProperties
-from qiskit.utils import deprecate_func
+from qiskit.utils import deprecate_func, deprecate_arg
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -926,6 +926,13 @@ def __setstate__(self, state: tuple):
         self._instruction_schedule_map = state["instruction_schedule_map"]
         super().__setstate__(state["base"])
 
+    @deprecate_arg(
+        "backend_properties",
+        since="1.3",
+        removal_timeline="in the 2.0 release",
+        additional_msg="Because `qiskit.providers.models.BackendProperties` is deprecated, it wont be"
+        "accepted anymore as a parameter.",
+    )
     @classmethod
     def from_configuration(
         cls,