diff --git a/lucene/CHANGES.txt b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
index a4484bb8ea0..74cbcd8fa17 100644
--- a/lucene/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/lucene/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 Lucene Change Log
 
 For more information on past and future Lucene versions, please see:
@@ -84,6 +83,9 @@ API Changes
   takes the same selectors. Add helper methods to DocValues.java that are better 
   suited for search code (never return null, etc).  (Mike McCandless, Robert Muir)
 
+* LUCENE-5692: DisjointSpatialFilter is deprecated and RecursivePrefixTreeStrategy
+  no longer supports this predicate. (David Smiley)
+
 Documentation
 
 * LUCENE-5392: Add/improve analysis package documentation to reflect
diff --git a/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/DisjointSpatialFilter.java b/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/DisjointSpatialFilter.java
index 6dc8e7a06ec..3d21b75b757 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/DisjointSpatialFilter.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/DisjointSpatialFilter.java
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * a way to invert a query shape.
  *
  * @lucene.experimental
+ *
+ * @deprecated See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-5692
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class DisjointSpatialFilter extends Filter {
 
   private final String field;//maybe null
diff --git a/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RecursivePrefixTreeStrategy.java b/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RecursivePrefixTreeStrategy.java
index 4e464b946f3..13fed4a391d 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RecursivePrefixTreeStrategy.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RecursivePrefixTreeStrategy.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import com.spatial4j.core.shape.Point;
 import com.spatial4j.core.shape.Shape;
 import org.apache.lucene.analysis.TokenStream;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.Filter;
-import org.apache.lucene.spatial.DisjointSpatialFilter;
 import org.apache.lucene.spatial.prefix.tree.Cell;
 import org.apache.lucene.spatial.prefix.tree.CellIterator;
 import org.apache.lucene.spatial.prefix.tree.LegacyCell;
@@ -165,8 +164,6 @@ public class RecursivePrefixTreeStrategy extends PrefixTreeStrategy {
   @Override
   public Filter makeFilter(SpatialArgs args) {
     final SpatialOperation op = args.getOperation();
-    if (op == SpatialOperation.IsDisjointTo)
-      return new DisjointSpatialFilter(this, args, getFieldName());
 
     Shape shape = args.getShape();
     int detailLevel = grid.getLevelForDistance(args.resolveDistErr(ctx, distErrPct));
diff --git a/lucene/spatial/src/test/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RandomSpatialOpFuzzyPrefixTreeTest.java b/lucene/spatial/src/test/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RandomSpatialOpFuzzyPrefixTreeTest.java
index e760bda17f6..37b24574dc6 100644
--- a/lucene/spatial/src/test/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RandomSpatialOpFuzzyPrefixTreeTest.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial/src/test/org/apache/lucene/spatial/prefix/RandomSpatialOpFuzzyPrefixTreeTest.java
@@ -148,13 +148,6 @@ public class RandomSpatialOpFuzzyPrefixTreeTest extends StrategyTestCase {
     doTest(SpatialOperation.Contains);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  @Repeat(iterations = ITERATIONS)
-  public void testDisjoint() throws IOException {
-    setupGrid(-1);
-    doTest(SpatialOperation.IsDisjointTo);
-  }
-
   /** See LUCENE-5062, {@link ContainsPrefixTreeFilter#multiOverlappingIndexedShapes}. */
   @Test
   public void testContainsPairOverlap() throws IOException {