diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiModificationTracker.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiModificationTracker.java
index 9abda5f7822f..f902b4bd6539 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiModificationTracker.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiModificationTracker.java
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ public interface PsiModificationTracker extends ModificationTracker {
    * This key can be passed as a dependency in a {@link CachedValueProvider}.
    * The corresponding {@link CachedValue} will then be flushed on every physical PSI change that can affect Java structure and resolve.
    * @see #getJavaStructureModificationCount()
+   * @deprecated rarely supported by JVM language plugins; also a wrong way for optimisations
    */
+  @Deprecated
   Key JAVA_STRUCTURE_MODIFICATION_COUNT = Key.create("JAVA_STRUCTURE_MODIFICATION_COUNT");
 
   /**
@@ -113,12 +115,16 @@ public interface PsiModificationTracker extends ModificationTracker {
    * Tracks structural Java modifications, i.e. the ones on class/method/field/file level. Modifications inside method bodies are not tracked.
    * Useful to work with resolve caches that only depend on Java structure, and not the method code.
    * @return current counter value. Increased whenever any physical PSI in Java structure is changed.
+   * @deprecated rarely supported by JVM language plugins; also a wrong way for optimisations
    */
+  @Deprecated
   long getJavaStructureModificationCount();
 
   /**
    * @return an object returning {@link #getJavaStructureModificationCount()}
+   * @deprecated rarely supported by JVM language plugins; also a wrong way for optimisations
    */
+  @Deprecated
   @NotNull
   ModificationTracker getJavaStructureModificationTracker();