diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java
index 7461e22f7a73f..e22770f0fc4ee 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/builditem/SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem.java
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  * This system property is used in rare by libraries (Truffle for example) to create their own ClassLoaders.
  * The value of the system property is simply best effort, as there is no way to faithfully represent
  * the Quarkus ClassLoader hierarchies in a system property value.
+ *
+ * @deprecated This was initially added to support Truffle, but it is no longer needed so the build item should not be used
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 public final class SetClassPathSystemPropBuildItem extends MultiBuildItem {
 }
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java
index ef13a10c2d896..d34385c4ac233 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import io.quarkus.maven.dependency.ResolvedDependency;
 import io.quarkus.runtime.ClassPathSystemPropertyRecorder;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 public class ClassPathSystemPropBuildStep {
 
     @BuildStep