diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LegacyLinkedTransferQueue.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LegacyLinkedTransferQueue.java
index 4532529587..cbe7d2801a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LegacyLinkedTransferQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LegacyLinkedTransferQueue.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
  * Java Collections Framework</a>.
  * @param <E> the type of elements held in this collection
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class LegacyLinkedTransferQueue<E> extends AbstractQueue<E>
     implements BlockingQueue<E>, java.io.Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -3223113410248163686L;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LinkedTransferQueue.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LinkedTransferQueue.java
index 6e33631795..1090ec54d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LinkedTransferQueue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/LinkedTransferQueue.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
  * @since 1.7
  * @param <E> the type of elements held in this collection
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class LinkedTransferQueue<E> extends AbstractQueue<E>
     implements BlockingQueue<E>, java.io.Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -3223113410248163686L;