diff --git a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumcomplex.hh b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumcomplex.hh
index af791e58bc69348a0608865a994a9b880eb14f0f..2815b2c019506881139f3312d32f06c6e249b429 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumcomplex.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumcomplex.hh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef ROD_CONTINUUM_COMPLEX_HH
 #define ROD_CONTINUUM_COMPLEX_HH
 
+#warning This file is deprecated.  Use the one in dune-gfe-coupling instead!
+
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
diff --git a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumddstep.hh b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumddstep.hh
index 1bad7560bb93eac38880b18563b9e46fd3588151..bf5edb1e7afb467c497893ceff8fd197dcd57536 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumddstep.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumddstep.hh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef ROD_CONTINUUM_DD_STEP_HH
 #define ROD_CONTINUUM_DD_STEP_HH
 
+#warning This file is deprecated.  Use the one in dune-gfe-coupling instead!
+
 /** \file
  *  \brief Base class for rod-continuum domain decomposition algorithms
  */
diff --git a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh
index b9a920a789367bd81ce747350b0f1f31290d6ba7..4846fb0ef5e142e8632b25e355dfa69dd381372d 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumfixedpointstep.hh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef ROD_CONTINUUM_FIXED_POINT_STEP_HH
 #define ROD_CONTINUUM_FIXED_POINT_STEP_HH
 
+#warning This file is deprecated.  Use the one in dune-gfe-coupling instead!
+
 /** \file
  * \brief Iteration step of a fixed-point method for rod-continua couplings
  */
diff --git a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumsteklovpoincarestep.hh b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumsteklovpoincarestep.hh
index bf877835d269defee857acafc8712f4db8304bc7..e77073fe8f153ed6fed54989ea248ed8d8ef6fe3 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumsteklovpoincarestep.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/coupling/rodcontinuumsteklovpoincarestep.hh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef ROD_CONTINUUM_STEKLOV_POINCARE_STEP_HH
 #define ROD_CONTINUUM_STEKLOV_POINCARE_STEP_HH
 
+#warning This file is deprecated.  Use the one in dune-gfe-coupling instead!
+
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <dune/common/shared_ptr.hh>