diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderGetMethod.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderGetMethod.java
index ef241b48..1a94af1f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderGetMethod.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderGetMethod.java
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@
  *
  * @author stack
  * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class HttpRecorderGetMethod extends GetMethod {
     
     protected static Logger logger =
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderMethod.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderMethod.java
index 932e7e98..b08bc0bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderMethod.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderMethod.java
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
  *
  * @author stack
  * @version $Revision$, $Date$
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class HttpRecorderMethod {
     protected static Logger logger =
         Logger.getLogger(HttpRecorderMethod.class.getName());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderPostMethod.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderPostMethod.java
index 20f1bfd1..d55d816a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderPostMethod.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/HttpRecorderPostMethod.java
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
  *
  * @author stack
  * @version $Date$ $Revision$
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class HttpRecorderPostMethod extends PostMethod {
     /**
      * Instance of http recorder method.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/SingleHttpConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/SingleHttpConnectionManager.java
index 4ba6a837..d6cf27ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/SingleHttpConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/SingleHttpConnectionManager.java
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
  * with external mechanisms.
  *
  * @author gojomo
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class SingleHttpConnectionManager extends SimpleHttpConnectionManager {
 
     public SingleHttpConnectionManager() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/ThreadLocalHttpConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/ThreadLocalHttpConnectionManager.java
index 91e850ea..16821b36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/ThreadLocalHttpConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/httpclient/ThreadLocalHttpConnectionManager.java
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@
  * 
  * <b>Java &gt;= 1.4 is recommended.</b>
  * 
- * @author Christian Kohlschuetter 
+ * @author Christian Kohlschuetter
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public final class ThreadLocalHttpConnectionManager implements
     HttpConnectionManager {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory.java
index b4a23db0..68ee6551 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ protected HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory()
 	
 	public enum HttpLibs
 	{
+		@Deprecated
 		APACHE_31,
 		APACHE_43,
 		URLCONN,
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLR.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLR.java
index c4fdbba8..124d3d03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLR.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLR.java
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.input.CountingInputStream;
 import org.archive.util.binsearch.impl.HTTPSeekableLineReader;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class ApacheHttp31SLR extends HTTPSeekableLineReader {
 	
 	private HttpClient http;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLRFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLRFactory.java
index bc5b83f4..2af03dab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLRFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/archive/util/binsearch/impl/http/ApacheHttp31SLRFactory.java
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 import org.archive.util.binsearch.impl.HTTPSeekableLineReader;
 import org.archive.util.binsearch.impl.HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory;
 
+/**
+ *
+ * @deprecated Commons HttpClient 3 is end of life, this will be removed in webarchive-commons 2.0
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public class ApacheHttp31SLRFactory extends HTTPSeekableLineReaderFactory {
 	private final static Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(ApacheHttp31SLRFactory.class.getName());