diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/Utils.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/Utils.java
index 6104163d81..14c386eaef 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/Utils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/Utils.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public interface Utils {
     * </ul>
     */
    @Beta
+   @Deprecated
    Map<String, Credentials> getCredentialStore();
 
    /**
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public interface Utils {
    @Beta
    Map<String, Credentials> credentialStore();
    
+   @Deprecated
    Json getJson();
 
    /**
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ public interface Utils {
    @Deprecated
    HttpAsyncClient asyncHttp();
 
+   @Deprecated
    HttpClient getHttpClient();
 
    /**
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@ public interface Utils {
     */
    HttpClient http();
 
+   @Deprecated
    Crypto getCrypto();
 
    /**
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@ public interface Utils {
     */
    Crypto crypto();
 
+   @Deprecated
    DateService getDateService();
 
    /**
@@ -147,10 +152,12 @@ public interface Utils {
    ListeningExecutorService ioExecutor();
 
    @Beta
+   @Deprecated
    EventBus getEventBus();
 
    EventBus eventBus();
 
+   @Deprecated
    LoggerFactory getLoggerFactory();
 
    /**
@@ -160,6 +167,7 @@ public interface Utils {
 
 
    @Beta
+   @Deprecated
    Injector getInjector();
 
    /**
@@ -168,6 +176,7 @@ public interface Utils {
    @Beta
    Injector injector();
    
+   @Deprecated
    XMLParser getXml();
 
    /**
diff --git a/drivers/gae/src/test/java/org/jclouds/gae/GaeSocketOpenTest.java b/drivers/gae/src/test/java/org/jclouds/gae/GaeSocketOpenTest.java
index 64ff091161..532fba66c2 100644
--- a/drivers/gae/src/test/java/org/jclouds/gae/GaeSocketOpenTest.java
+++ b/drivers/gae/src/test/java/org/jclouds/gae/GaeSocketOpenTest.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class GaeSocketOpenTest {
             .modules(ImmutableSet.of(new GoogleAppEngineConfigurationModule()))
             .build();
 
-      SocketOpen socketOpen = context.getUtils().getInjector().getInstance(SocketOpen.class);
+      SocketOpen socketOpen = context.utils().injector().getInstance(SocketOpen.class);
       socketOpen.apply(HostAndPort.fromParts("localhost", 22));
    }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/extensions/AWSEC2ImageExtensionLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/extensions/AWSEC2ImageExtensionLiveTest.java
index 7c4163ed27..d1940cfeb8 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/extensions/AWSEC2ImageExtensionLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/extensions/AWSEC2ImageExtensionLiveTest.java
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ public class AWSEC2ImageExtensionLiveTest extends BaseImageExtensionLiveTest {
 
    @Override
    protected Iterable<? extends Image> listImages() {
-      AWSEC2Client client = view.utils().getInjector().getInstance(AWSEC2Client.class);
+      AWSEC2Client client = view.utils().injector().getInstance(AWSEC2Client.class);
       String[] parts = AWSUtils.parseHandle(imageId);
       String region = parts[0];
       String imageId = parts[1];
-      EC2ImageParser parser = view.utils().getInjector().getInstance(EC2ImageParser.class);
+      EC2ImageParser parser = view.utils().injector().getInstance(EC2ImageParser.class);
       return transform(
             client.getAMIServices().describeImagesInRegion(region, new DescribeImagesOptions().imageIds(imageId)),
             parser);