diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/interceptor/TimerInterceptor.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/interceptor/TimerInterceptor.java
index d2cc53472..e5433abd6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/interceptor/TimerInterceptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/interceptor/TimerInterceptor.java
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
  *
  * @author Jason Carreira
  * @author Claus Ibsen
+ *
+ * @deprecated will be dropped with next major release (2.6)
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class TimerInterceptor extends AbstractInterceptor {
 
     private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(TimerInterceptor.class);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ObjectProfiler.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ObjectProfiler.java
index 733bce3cc..fee258863 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ObjectProfiler.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ObjectProfiler.java
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:scott@atlassian.com">Scott Farquhar</a>
+ * @deprecated will be dropped with next major release (2.6)
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class ObjectProfiler {
 
     /**
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@ public class ObjectProfiler {
 
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated will be dropped with next major release (2.6)
+ */
+@Deprecated
 class TimerInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
     protected Object target;
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ProfilingTimerBean.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ProfilingTimerBean.java
index b94f0abaf..11554e0ee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ProfilingTimerBean.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/ProfilingTimerBean.java
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author <a href="mailto:mike@atlassian.com">Mike Cannon-Brookes</a>
  * @author <a href="mailto:scott@atlassian.com">Scott Farquhar</a>
  * @version $Date$ $Id$
+ *
+ * @deprecated will be dropped with next major release (2.6)
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class ProfilingTimerBean implements java.io.Serializable {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -6180672043920208784L;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/UtilTimerStack.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/UtilTimerStack.java
index 092cb8d9a..c1772b838 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/UtilTimerStack.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/util/profiling/UtilTimerStack.java
@@ -266,7 +266,10 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
  * </p>
  *
  * <!-- END SNIPPET: profileLogFile -->
+ *
+ * @deprecated will be dropped with next major release (2.6)
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class UtilTimerStack {
 
     // A reference to the current ProfilingTimerBean