diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaOroEvaluator.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaOroEvaluator.java
index f75060dd6..1186ee69a 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaOroEvaluator.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaOroEvaluator.java
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
   * @author <a href="mailto:kvisco@intalio.com">Keith Visco</a>
   * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2003-03-03 00:05:44 -0700 (Mon, 03 Mar 2003) $
  **/
- public class JakartaOroEvaluator 
-    implements RegExpEvaluator
+@Deprecated
+public class JakartaOroEvaluator implements RegExpEvaluator
 {
     
     private static final String BOL = "^";
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaRegExpEvaluator.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaRegExpEvaluator.java
index 56f0be873..d8362cd42 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaRegExpEvaluator.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/JakartaRegExpEvaluator.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
  * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2004-02-14 02:16:35 -0700 (Sat, 14 Feb
  *          2004) $
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class JakartaRegExpEvaluator implements RegExpEvaluator {
 
     /**
diff --git a/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/XercesRegExpEvaluator.java b/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/XercesRegExpEvaluator.java
index 0ee4e030e..d2c76ac67 100644
--- a/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/XercesRegExpEvaluator.java
+++ b/xml/src/main/java/org/exolab/castor/util/XercesRegExpEvaluator.java
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
   * @author <a href="mailto:tora@debian.org">Takashi Okamoto</a>
   * @version $Revision$ $Date: 2006-01-16 13:22:58 -0700 (Mon, 16 Jan 2006) $
  **/
- public class XercesRegExpEvaluator 
-    implements RegExpEvaluator
+@Deprecated
+public class XercesRegExpEvaluator implements RegExpEvaluator
 {
     private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(XercesRegExpEvaluator.class);