diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java
index 92a4d1f2822..157b9ab5ee9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicy.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ public abstract class TrashPolicy extends Configured {
    * @param conf the configuration to be used
    * @param fs the filesystem to be used
    * @param home the home directory
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #initialize(Configuration, FileSystem)} instead.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public abstract void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home);
 
   /**
@@ -116,7 +118,9 @@ public abstract class TrashPolicy extends Configured {
    * @param fs the file system to be used
    * @param home the home directory
    * @return an instance of TrashPolicy
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #getInstance(Configuration, FileSystem)} instead.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static TrashPolicy getInstance(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home) {
     Class<? extends TrashPolicy> trashClass = conf.getClass(
         "fs.trash.classname", TrashPolicyDefault.class, TrashPolicy.class);
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
index 66ef8908603..72222be04a8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/TrashPolicyDefault.java
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ public class TrashPolicyDefault extends TrashPolicy {
     initialize(conf, fs);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use {@link #initialize(Configuration, FileSystem)} instead.
+   */
   @Override
+  @Deprecated
   public void initialize(Configuration conf, FileSystem fs, Path home) {
     this.fs = fs;
     this.deletionInterval = (long)(conf.getFloat(