diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClass.java b/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClass.java
index c09ce647b..14d82bf5b 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClass.java
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClass.java
@@ -99,19 +99,19 @@ public interface IClass extends IClassHierarchyDweller {
   /**
    * @return String holding the name of the source file that defined this class, or null if none found
    * @throws NoSuchElementException if this class was generated from more than one source file
-   * @deprecated The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
-   * specific, and will change in the future.  In place of this API, use the APIs in IClassLoader.    
+   * The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
+   * specific, and will change in the future.  In place of this API, use the APIs in IClassLoader.  
+   * SJF .. we should think about this deprecation.  postponing deprecation for now.  
    */
-  @Deprecated
   String getSourceFileName() throws NoSuchElementException;
 
   /**
    * @return String representing the source file holding this class, or null if not found
    * @throws NoSuchElementException if this class was generated from more than one source file
-   * @deprecated The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
-   * specific, and will change in the future.   In place of this API, use the APIs in IClassLoader.    
+   * The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
+   * specific, and will change in the future.   In place of this API, use the APIs in IClassLoader.  
+   * SJF .. we should think about this deprecation.  postponing deprecation for now.    
    */
-  @Deprecated
   InputStream getSource() throws NoSuchElementException;
 
   /**
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClassLoader.java b/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClassLoader.java
index 6a64ce72d..f892fdead 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClassLoader.java
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core/src/com/ibm/wala/classLoader/IClassLoader.java
@@ -87,23 +87,23 @@ public interface IClassLoader {
    * @param klass the class for which information is desired.
    * @return name of source file corresponding to the class, or null if not available
    * @throws NoSuchElementException if this class was generated from more than one source file
-   * @deprecated The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
+   * The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
    * specific, and will change in the future.  In place of this API, use the version that takes
    * a method and an offset, since that is now the granularity at which source file information
    * will be recorded.  
+   * SJF .. we should think about this deprecation.  postponing deprecation for now.  
    */
-  @Deprecated
   public abstract String getSourceFileName(IClass klass) throws NoSuchElementException;
 
   /**
    * @return input stream representing the source file for a class, or null if not available
    * @throws NoSuchElementException if this class was generated from more than one source file
-   * @deprecated The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
+   * The assumption that a class is generated from a single source file is java
    * specific, and will change in the future.  In place of this API, use the version that takes
    * a method and an offset, since that is now the granularity at which source file information
    * will be recorded.
+   * SJF .. we should think about this deprecation.  postponing deprecation for now.  
    */
-  @Deprecated
   public abstract InputStream getSource(IClass klass) throws NoSuchElementException;
 
   /**