diff --git a/uimaj-component-test-util/pom.xml b/uimaj-component-test-util/pom.xml
index 5af7e46e1..f9abd90b8 100644
--- a/uimaj-component-test-util/pom.xml
+++ b/uimaj-component-test-util/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>uimaj-component-test-util</artifactId>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <name>Apache UIMA Base: ${project.artifactId}: for JUnit</name>
+
+  <name>Apache UIMA Base: ${project.artifactId}: for JUnit (deprecated)</name>
   <description>Supporting utilities used in various JUnit tests</description>
   <url>${uimaWebsiteUrl}</url>
 
diff --git a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotationWriter.java b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotationWriter.java
index 97a67f282..d2f371cd9 100644
--- a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotationWriter.java
+++ b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotationWriter.java
@@ -46,8 +46,11 @@
 /**
  * The AnnotationWriter class writes specified annotations to an output file. The encoding of the
  * output file is UTF-8
+ * 
+ * @deprecated To be removed without replacement.
+ * @forRemoval 4.0.0
  */
-
+@Deprecated
 public class AnnotationWriter extends CasConsumer_ImplBase implements CasConsumer {
 
   /** The out file. */
@@ -89,10 +92,11 @@ public void initialize() throws ResourceInitializationException {
       // If specified output directory does not exist, try to create it
       this.outFile = new File(oPath);
       if (this.outFile.getParentFile() != null && !this.outFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
-        if (!this.outFile.getParentFile().mkdirs())
+        if (!this.outFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
           throw new ResourceInitializationException(
                   ResourceInitializationException.RESOURCE_DATA_NOT_VALID,
                   new Object[] { oPath, "outputFile" });
+        }
       }
       try {
         this.fileWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(this.outFile, false),
@@ -105,8 +109,9 @@ public void initialize() throws ResourceInitializationException {
     // extract annotation types
     this.tofs = (String[]) getUimaContext().getConfigParameterValue("AnnotationTypes");
     // sort array
-    if (this.tofs != null)
+    if (this.tofs != null) {
       Arrays.sort(this.tofs);
+    }
 
   }
 
@@ -328,15 +333,17 @@ public void reconfigure() throws ResourceConfigurationException {
     if (!oFile.equals(this.outFile)) {
       this.outFile = oFile;
       try {
-        if (this.fileWriter != null)
+        if (this.fileWriter != null) {
           this.fileWriter.close();
+        }
 
         // If specified output directory does not exist, try to create it
         if (oFile.getParentFile() != null && !oFile.getParentFile().exists()) {
-          if (!oFile.getParentFile().mkdirs())
+          if (!oFile.getParentFile().mkdirs()) {
             throw new ResourceConfigurationException(
                     ResourceInitializationException.RESOURCE_DATA_NOT_VALID,
                     new Object[] { oPath, "outputFile" });
+          }
         }
         // write result specification to the output file
         this.fileWriter = new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(oFile, false),
@@ -349,8 +356,9 @@ public void reconfigure() throws ResourceConfigurationException {
     // extract annotation types
     this.tofs = (String[]) getUimaContext().getConfigParameterValue("AnnotationTypes");
     // sort array
-    if (this.tofs != null)
+    if (this.tofs != null) {
       Arrays.sort(this.tofs);
+    }
 
   }
 
diff --git a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorPerformanceTester.java b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorPerformanceTester.java
index f79c7fc0d..9136a8544 100644
--- a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorPerformanceTester.java
+++ b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorPerformanceTester.java
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@
  * AnnotatorPerfTester is a helper class to execute annotator performance tests. The performance
  * test results are returned as {@link PerformanceTestResultImpl} object.
  * 
+ * @deprecated To be removed without replacement.
+ * @forRemoval 4.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class AnnotatorPerformanceTester {
 
   /**
diff --git a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorTester.java b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorTester.java
index 4dd448aa9..a06dcad62 100644
--- a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorTester.java
+++ b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/AnnotatorTester.java
@@ -45,7 +45,11 @@
 
 /**
  * AnnotatorTester is the helper class to test annotators.
+ * 
+ * @deprecated To be removed without replacement.
+ * @forRemoval 4.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class AnnotatorTester {
 
   /** The desc file. */
diff --git a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResult.java b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResult.java
index 511b0e871..67ea1a8f0 100644
--- a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResult.java
+++ b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResult.java
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
 /**
  * PerformanceTestResult interfance contains all the methods to access the performance test results.
  * 
+ * @deprecated To be removed without replacement.
+ * @forRemoval 4.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface PerformanceTestResult {
 
   /**
diff --git a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResultImpl.java b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResultImpl.java
index d741da5da..eb3a18bf9 100644
--- a/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResultImpl.java
+++ b/uimaj-component-test-util/src/main/java/org/apache/uima/test/junit_extension/PerformanceTestResultImpl.java
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@
  * PerformanceTestResultImpl implements the PerformanceTestResult interface and provides the results
  * of a performance test run.
  * 
+ * @deprecated To be removed without replacement.
+ * @forRemoval 4.0.0
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class PerformanceTestResultImpl implements PerformanceTestResult {
 
   /** The newline. */