diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/AbstractRemotingOutboundGateway.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/AbstractRemotingOutboundGateway.java
index 9d0bf095b9..1efd3f5464 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/AbstractRemotingOutboundGateway.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/AbstractRemotingOutboundGateway.java
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import org.springframework.remoting.RemoteAccessException;
  * A base class for outbound URL-based Messaging Gateways.
  * 
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * 
+ * @deprecated as of 2.0. Will be removed in 2.1.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class AbstractRemotingOutboundGateway extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 
 	private final RequestReplyExchanger proxy;
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/RemotingInboundGatewaySupport.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/RemotingInboundGatewaySupport.java
index 8dc7af8632..933ae5a69d 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/RemotingInboundGatewaySupport.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/RemotingInboundGatewaySupport.java
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import org.springframework.integration.Message;
  * Support class for inbound Messaging Gateways.
  * 
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * 
+ *  @deprecated as of 2.0. Will be removed in 2.1.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class RemotingInboundGatewaySupport extends MessagingGatewaySupport implements RequestReplyExchanger {
 
 	private volatile boolean expectReply = true;