diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
index 17ca37a3fca..6912ab51431 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HColumnDescriptor.java
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable<HColumnDescriptor>
    * @param cfs
    * @return An {@link HColumnDescriptor} made from the passed in <code>cfs</code>
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static HColumnDescriptor convert(final ColumnFamilySchema cfs) {
     // Use the empty constructor so we preserve the initial values set on construction for things
     // like maxVersion.  Otherwise, we pick up wrong values on deserialization which makes for
@@ -1452,6 +1453,7 @@ public class HColumnDescriptor implements WritableComparable<HColumnDescriptor>
   /**
    * @return Convert this instance to a the pb column family type
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public ColumnFamilySchema convert() {
     ColumnFamilySchema.Builder builder = ColumnFamilySchema.newBuilder();
     builder.setName(ByteStringer.wrap(getName()));
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java
index a6c08c387e3..d4c4c2b2613 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/HTableDescriptor.java
@@ -1642,6 +1642,7 @@ public class HTableDescriptor implements WritableComparable<HTableDescriptor> {
   /**
    * @return Convert the current {@link HTableDescriptor} into a pb TableSchema instance.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public TableSchema convert() {
     TableSchema.Builder builder = TableSchema.newBuilder();
     builder.setTableName(ProtobufUtil.toProtoTableName(getTableName()));
@@ -1667,6 +1668,7 @@ public class HTableDescriptor implements WritableComparable<HTableDescriptor> {
    * @param ts A pb TableSchema instance.
    * @return An {@link HTableDescriptor} made from the passed in pb <code>ts</code>.
    */
+  @Deprecated
   public static HTableDescriptor convert(final TableSchema ts) {
     List<ColumnFamilySchema> list = ts.getColumnFamiliesList();
     HColumnDescriptor [] hcds = new HColumnDescriptor[list.size()];