diff --git a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
index fd9def1..68db55a 100644
--- a/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
+++ b/apps/optical/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/optical/cfg/OpticalConfigProvider.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
  * operations.
  *
  */
-
+@Deprecated
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 //@Component(immediate = true)
 public class OpticalConfigProvider extends AbstractProvider implements DeviceProvider, LinkProvider {