diff --git a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeChannel.java b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeChannel.java
index e3f707afcf..3db96fdc59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeChannel.java
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 
 /**
  * @author alecw@broadinstitute.org
+ * @deprecated This is deprecated with no replacement.  1/19
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class TimeChannel {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         long fileSize = new File(args[0]).length();
diff --git a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeRandomAccessFile.java b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeRandomAccessFile.java
index bebb948c31..e0cf35a024 100644
--- a/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeRandomAccessFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/htsjdk/samtools/apps/TimeRandomAccessFile.java
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
 
 /**
  * @author alecw@broadinstitute.org
+ * @deprecated This is deprecated with no replacement. 1/19
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class TimeRandomAccessFile {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
         RandomAccessFile raf = new RandomAccessFile(new File(args[0]), "r");