diff --git a/location/location-common.ts b/location/location-common.ts
index eedb85f26..e8413c7e1 100644
--- a/location/location-common.ts
+++ b/location/location-common.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import defModule = require("location");
 
 var defaultGetLocationTimeout = 20000;
 
+@Deprecated
 export class Location implements defModule.Location {
     public latitude: number;
     public longitude: number;
@@ -88,4 +89,4 @@ export var getLocation = function (options?: defModule.Options): Promise<defModu
             }, options.timeout || defaultGetLocationTimeout);
         }
     });
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/location/location.android.ts b/location/location.android.ts
index e59af53cb..e1be3dff1 100644
--- a/location/location.android.ts
+++ b/location/location.android.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import utils = require("utils/utils");
 
 global.moduleMerge(common, exports);
 
+@Deprecated
 export class LocationManager implements locationModule.LocationManager {
 	get android(): locationModule.AndroidLocationManager {
 		return this.androidLocationManager;
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ export class LocationManager implements locationModule.LocationManager {
     }
 }
 
+@Deprecated
 export class AndroidLocationManager implements locationModule.AndroidLocationManager {
 	private _manager: android.location.LocationManager;
 	private _minimumUpdateTime: number;
diff --git a/location/location.ios.ts b/location/location.ios.ts
index fff92fdef..6b5b6b85b 100644
--- a/location/location.ios.ts
+++ b/location/location.ios.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class LocationListenerImpl extends NSObject implements CLLocationManagerDelegate
     }
 }
 
+@Deprecated
 export class LocationManager implements locationModule.LocationManager {
 	get android(): locationModule.AndroidLocationManager {
 		return undefined;
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ export class LocationManager implements locationModule.LocationManager {
 }
 
 /* tslint:disable */
+@Deprecated
 export class iOSLocationManager implements locationModule.iOSLocationManager {
 	private _manager: CLLocationManager;