diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/topology/PathAdminService.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/topology/PathAdminService.java
index 0214e57..d88d729 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/topology/PathAdminService.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/topology/PathAdminService.java
@@ -29,10 +29,22 @@
      * used.
      *
      * @param linkWeight default link-weight function
+     *
+     * @deprecated in Junco (1.9.0), use setDefaultLinkWeigher() instead
      */
+    @Deprecated
     void setDefaultLinkWeight(LinkWeight linkWeight);
 
     /**
+     * Sets the specified link-weight function to be used as a default.
+     * If null is specified, the builtin default hop-count link-weight will be
+     * used.
+     *
+     * @param linkWeigher link-weight function to be used as default
+     */
+    void setDefaultLinkWeigher(LinkWeigher linkWeigher);
+
+    /**
      * Sets the specified graph path search algorightm to be used as a default.
      * If null is specified, the builtin default all-shortest-paths Dijkstra
      * algorithm will be used.