diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala
index 6cb77a6a31..45849fed0b 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/ClusterDaemon.scala
@@ -12,16 +12,18 @@ import akka.cluster.ClusterEvent._
 import akka.dispatch.{ RequiresMessageQueue, UnboundedMessageQueueSemantics }
 import akka.Done
 import akka.pattern.ask
-import akka.remote.QuarantinedEvent
+import akka.remote.{ QuarantinedEvent => ClassicQuarantinedEvent }
+import akka.remote.artery.QuarantinedEvent
 import akka.util.Timeout
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
-
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 /**
  * Base trait for all cluster messages. All ClusterMessage's are serializable.
  */
@@ -402,7 +404,7 @@ private[cluster] class ClusterCoreDaemon(publisher: ActorRef, joinConfigCompatCh
   }
 
   override def preStart(): Unit = {
-    context.system.eventStream.subscribe(self, classOf[QuarantinedEvent])
+    subscribeQuarantinedEvent()
 
     cluster.downingProvider.downingActorProps.foreach { props =>
       val propsWithDispatcher =
@@ -424,6 +426,12 @@ private[cluster] class ClusterCoreDaemon(publisher: ActorRef, joinConfigCompatCh
     }
   }
 
+  @silent
+  private def subscribeQuarantinedEvent(): Unit = {
+    context.system.eventStream.subscribe(self, classOf[QuarantinedEvent])
+    context.system.eventStream.subscribe(self, classOf[ClassicQuarantinedEvent])
+  }
+
   private def isClusterBootstrapUsed: Boolean = {
     val conf = context.system.settings.config
     conf.hasPath("akka.management.cluster.bootstrap") &&
@@ -537,12 +545,13 @@ private[cluster] class ClusterCoreDaemon(publisher: ActorRef, joinConfigCompatCh
       case InitJoin(joiningNodeConfig) =>
         logInfo("Received InitJoin message from [{}] to [{}]", sender(), selfAddress)
         initJoin(joiningNodeConfig)
-      case Join(node, roles)                => joining(node, roles)
-      case ClusterUserAction.Down(address)  => downing(address)
-      case ClusterUserAction.Leave(address) => leaving(address)
-      case SendGossipTo(address)            => sendGossipTo(address)
-      case msg: SubscriptionMessage         => publisher.forward(msg)
-      case QuarantinedEvent(address, uid)   => quarantined(UniqueAddress(address, uid))
+      case Join(node, roles)                     => joining(node, roles)
+      case ClusterUserAction.Down(address)       => downing(address)
+      case ClusterUserAction.Leave(address)      => leaving(address)
+      case SendGossipTo(address)                 => sendGossipTo(address)
+      case msg: SubscriptionMessage              => publisher.forward(msg)
+      case QuarantinedEvent(ua)                  => quarantined(UniqueAddress(ua))
+      case ClassicQuarantinedEvent(address, uid) => quarantined(UniqueAddress(address, uid))
       case ClusterUserAction.JoinTo(address) =>
         logInfo("Trying to join [{}] when already part of a cluster, ignoring", address)
       case JoinSeedNodes(nodes) =>
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Member.scala b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Member.scala
index 1b77f73c4c..f8f180d3bc 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Member.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/main/scala/akka/cluster/Member.scala
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ object UniqueAddress extends AbstractFunction2[Address, Int, UniqueAddress] {
   @deprecated("Use Long UID apply instead", since = "2.4.11")
   def apply(address: Address, uid: Int) = new UniqueAddress(address, uid.toLong)
 
+  def apply(remoteUniqueAddress: akka.remote.UniqueAddress): UniqueAddress =
+    new UniqueAddress(remoteUniqueAddress.address, remoteUniqueAddress.uid)
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec.scala b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec.scala
index 6674be2c52..c6ef1c5e1f 100644
--- a/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-cluster/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/cluster/SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec.scala
@@ -4,24 +4,24 @@
 
 package akka.cluster
 
-import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
+
+import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.ActorRef
+import akka.actor.Address
+import akka.actor.PoisonPill
+import akka.actor.Props
+import akka.actor.Terminated
+import akka.remote.artery.QuarantinedEvent
+import akka.remote.RARP
+import akka.remote.testconductor.RoleName
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeSpec
 import akka.remote.transport.ThrottlerTransportAdapter.Direction
-
-import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import akka.testkit._
-
-import akka.remote.testconductor.RoleName
-import akka.actor.Props
-import akka.actor.Actor
-
-import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
-import akka.remote.{ QuarantinedEvent, RemoteActorRefProvider }
-import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
-import akka.actor.ActorRef
-import akka.actor.PoisonPill
-import akka.actor.Terminated
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
 object SurviveNetworkInstabilityMultiJvmSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   val first = role("first")
@@ -90,6 +90,31 @@ abstract class SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec
 
   override def expectedTestDuration = 3.minutes
 
+  private val remoteSettings = RARP(system).provider.remoteSettings
+
+  @silent
+  def quarantinedEventClass: Class[_] =
+    if (remoteSettings.Artery.Enabled)
+      classOf[QuarantinedEvent]
+    else
+      classOf[akka.remote.QuarantinedEvent]
+
+  @silent
+  def quarantinedEventFrom(event: Any): Address = {
+    event match {
+      case QuarantinedEvent(uniqueAddress)          => uniqueAddress.address
+      case akka.remote.QuarantinedEvent(address, _) => address
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  @silent
+  def sysMsgBufferSize: Int =
+    if (RARP(system).provider.remoteSettings.Artery.Enabled)
+      remoteSettings.Artery.Advanced.SysMsgBufferSize
+    else
+      remoteSettings.SysMsgBufferSize
+
   def assertUnreachable(subjects: RoleName*): Unit = {
     val expected = subjects.toSet.map(address)
     awaitAssert(clusterView.unreachableMembers.map(_.address) should ===(expected))
@@ -266,12 +291,6 @@ abstract class SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec
       enterBarrier("watcher-created")
 
       runOn(second) {
-        val sysMsgBufferSize = system
-          .asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem]
-          .provider
-          .asInstanceOf[RemoteActorRefProvider]
-          .remoteSettings
-          .SysMsgBufferSize
         val refs = Vector.fill(sysMsgBufferSize + 1)(system.actorOf(Props[Echo])).toSet
         system.actorSelection(node(third) / "user" / "watcher") ! Targets(refs)
         expectMsg(TargetsRegistered)
@@ -290,7 +309,7 @@ abstract class SurviveNetworkInstabilitySpec
         // system messages and quarantine
         system.actorSelection("/user/watcher") ! "boom"
         within(10.seconds) {
-          expectMsgType[QuarantinedEvent].address should ===(address(second))
+          quarantinedEventFrom(expectMsgClass(quarantinedEventClass)) should ===(address(second))
         }
         system.eventStream.unsubscribe(testActor, classOf[QuarantinedEvent])
       }
diff --git a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/project/migration-guide-2.5.x-2.6.x.md b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/project/migration-guide-2.5.x-2.6.x.md
index 315ed02daf..2896d6e105 100644
--- a/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/project/migration-guide-2.5.x-2.6.x.md
+++ b/akka-docs/src/main/paradox/project/migration-guide-2.5.x-2.6.x.md
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ is completely different. It will require a full cluster shutdown and new startup
 If using SSL then `tcp-tls` needs to be enabled and setup. See @ref[Artery docs for SSL](../remoting-artery.md#configuring-ssl-tls-for-akka-remoting)
 for how to do this.
 
+The following events that are published to the `eventStream` have changed:
+
+* classic `akka.remote.QuarantinedEvent` is `akka.remote.artery.QuarantinedEvent` in Artery
+* classic `akka.remote.GracefulShutdownQuarantinedEvent` is `akka.remote.artery.GracefulShutdownQuarantinedEvent` in Artery
+* classic `akka.remote.ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent` is `akka.remote.artery.ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent` in Artery
 
 #### Migration from 2.5.x Artery to 2.6.x Artery
 
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/TransportFailSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/TransportFailSpec.scala
index 1a34771dd7..9f47d93414 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/TransportFailSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/TransportFailSpec.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package akka.remote
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
 import akka.actor.Actor
 import akka.actor.ActorIdentity
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import akka.remote.testconductor.RoleName
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 import akka.testkit._
 import akka.util.unused
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ object TransportFailSpec {
  * This was fixed by not stopping the ReliableDeliverySupervisor so that the
  * receive buffer was preserved.
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class TransportFailSpec extends RemotingMultiNodeSpec(TransportFailConfig) {
   import TransportFailConfig._
   import TransportFailSpec._
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteRestartedQuarantinedSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteRestartedQuarantinedSpec.scala
index c08056dd44..7e2f4f5664 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteRestartedQuarantinedSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteRestartedQuarantinedSpec.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package akka.remote.artery
 import akka.actor.{ ActorIdentity, Identify, _ }
 import akka.remote.testconductor.RoleName
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
-import akka.remote.{ AddressUidExtension, RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec, ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent }
+import akka.remote.{ AddressUidExtension, RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec }
 import akka.testkit._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec.scala
index 781102f92c..4f95c921a9 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/artery/SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec.scala
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 package akka.remote.artery
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.actor.ActorIdentity
 import akka.actor.Identify
-import akka.remote.{ QuarantinedEvent, RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec }
+import akka.remote.{ RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec }
 import akka.remote.testkit.MultiNodeConfig
 import akka.remote.transport.ThrottlerTransportAdapter.Direction
 import akka.testkit._
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
 object SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ object SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 class SurviveNetworkPartitionSpecMultiJvmNode1 extends SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec
 class SurviveNetworkPartitionSpecMultiJvmNode2 extends SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec
 
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec extends RemotingMultiNodeSpec(SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec) {
 
   import SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec._
@@ -98,7 +101,7 @@ abstract class SurviveNetworkPartitionSpec extends RemotingMultiNodeSpec(Survive
         watch(ref)
         // keep the network partition for a while, longer than give-up-system-message-after
         expectNoMessage(RARP(system).provider.remoteSettings.Artery.Advanced.GiveUpSystemMessageAfter - 1.second)
-        qProbe.expectMsgType[QuarantinedEvent](5.seconds).address should ===(node(second).address)
+        qProbe.expectMsgType[QuarantinedEvent](5.seconds).uniqueAddress.address should ===(node(second).address)
 
         expectTerminated(ref)
       }
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteGatePiercingSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteGatePiercingSpec.scala
index b134bc5103..afe8e2f7ab 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteGatePiercingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteGatePiercingSpec.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.ThrottlerTransportAdapter.ForceDisassociateExplicit
 import akka.remote.{ RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec }
 import akka.testkit._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 object RemoteGatePiercingSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   val first = role("first")
   val second = role("second")
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ object RemoteGatePiercingSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 class RemoteGatePiercingSpecMultiJvmNode1 extends RemoteGatePiercingSpec
 class RemoteGatePiercingSpecMultiJvmNode2 extends RemoteGatePiercingSpec
 
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class RemoteGatePiercingSpec extends RemotingMultiNodeSpec(RemoteGatePiercingSpec) {
 
   import RemoteGatePiercingSpec._
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec.scala
index 6c5d9c7dbd..4b0adad7f3 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.ThrottlerTransportAdapter.ForceDisassociateExplicit
 import akka.remote.{ RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec }
 import akka.testkit._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 object RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   val first = role("first")
   val second = role("second")
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ object RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 class RemoteNodeRestartGateSpecMultiJvmNode1 extends RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec
 class RemoteNodeRestartGateSpecMultiJvmNode2 extends RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec
 
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec extends RemotingMultiNodeSpec(RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec) {
 
   import RemoteNodeRestartGateSpec._
diff --git a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/Ticket15109Spec.scala b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/Ticket15109Spec.scala
index bfbddb3d1a..22d1d8e7a6 100644
--- a/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/Ticket15109Spec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote-tests/src/multi-jvm/scala/akka/remote/classic/Ticket15109Spec.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.ThrottlerTransportAdapter.ForceDisassociateExplicit
 import akka.remote.{ RARP, RemotingMultiNodeSpec }
 import akka.testkit._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 object Ticket15109Spec extends MultiNodeConfig {
   val first = role("first")
   val second = role("second")
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ object Ticket15109Spec extends MultiNodeConfig {
 class Ticket15109SpecMultiJvmNode1 extends Ticket15109Spec
 class Ticket15109SpecMultiJvmNode2 extends Ticket15109Spec
 
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class Ticket15109Spec extends RemotingMultiNodeSpec(Ticket15109Spec) {
 
   import Ticket15109Spec._
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AckedDelivery.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AckedDelivery.scala
index a036ada1cb..ecd7eaaac1 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AckedDelivery.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/AckedDelivery.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package akka.remote
 import scala.collection.immutable._
 import akka.AkkaException
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object SeqNo {
 
   implicit val ord: Ordering[SeqNo] = new Ordering[SeqNo] {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ object SeqNo {
 /**
  * Implements a 64 bit sequence number with proper wrap-around ordering.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class SeqNo(rawValue: Long) extends Ordered[SeqNo] {
 
   /**
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ final case class SeqNo(rawValue: Long) extends Ordered[SeqNo] {
   override def toString = String.valueOf(rawValue)
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object HasSequenceNumber {
   implicit def seqOrdering[T <: HasSequenceNumber]: Ordering[T] = new Ordering[T] {
     def compare(x: T, y: T) = x.seq.compare(y.seq)
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ object HasSequenceNumber {
  * Messages that are to be buffered in [[akka.remote.AckedSendBuffer]] or [[akka.remote.AckedReceiveBuffer]] has
  * to implement this interface to provide the sequence needed by the buffers.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 trait HasSequenceNumber {
 
   /**
@@ -66,13 +70,16 @@ trait HasSequenceNumber {
  * @param cumulativeAck Represents the highest sequence number received.
  * @param nacks Set of sequence numbers between the last delivered one and cumulativeAck that has been not yet received.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class Ack(cumulativeAck: SeqNo, nacks: Set[SeqNo] = Set.empty) {
   override def toString = s"ACK[$cumulativeAck, ${nacks.mkString("{", ", ", "}")}]"
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class ResendBufferCapacityReachedException(c: Int)
     extends AkkaException(s"Resend buffer capacity of [$c] has been reached.")
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class ResendUnfulfillableException
     extends AkkaException(
       "Unable to fulfill resend request since negatively acknowledged payload is no longer in buffer. " +
@@ -89,6 +96,7 @@ class ResendUnfulfillableException
  * @param maxSeq The maximum sequence number that has been stored in this buffer. Messages having lower sequence number
  *               will be not stored but rejected with [[java.lang.IllegalArgumentException]]
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class AckedSendBuffer[T <: HasSequenceNumber](
     capacity: Int,
     nonAcked: IndexedSeq[T] = Vector.empty[T],
@@ -144,6 +152,7 @@ final case class AckedSendBuffer[T <: HasSequenceNumber](
  * @param cumulativeAck The highest sequence number received so far.
  * @param buf Buffer of messages that are waiting for delivery
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class AckedReceiveBuffer[T <: HasSequenceNumber](
     lastDelivered: SeqNo = SeqNo(-1),
     cumulativeAck: SeqNo = SeqNo(-1),
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala
index 0af9ff21f2..4fd7bb716c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Endpoint.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 
 import akka.util.OptionVal
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ private[remote] trait InboundMessageDispatcher {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class DefaultMessageDispatcher(
     private val system: ExtendedActorSystem,
     private val provider: RemoteActorRefProvider,
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ private[remote] object ReliableDeliverySupervisor {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class ReliableDeliverySupervisor(
     handleOrActive: Option[AkkaProtocolHandle],
     val localAddress: Address,
@@ -533,6 +536,7 @@ private[remote] class ReliableDeliverySupervisor(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] abstract class EndpointActor(
     val localAddress: Address,
     val remoteAddress: Address,
@@ -559,6 +563,7 @@ private[remote] abstract class EndpointActor(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object EndpointWriter {
 
   def props(
@@ -615,6 +620,7 @@ private[remote] object EndpointWriter {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class EndpointWriter(
     handleOrActive: Option[AkkaProtocolHandle],
     localAddress: Address,
@@ -1029,6 +1035,7 @@ private[remote] class EndpointWriter(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object EndpointReader {
 
   def props(
@@ -1060,6 +1067,7 @@ private[remote] object EndpointReader {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class EndpointReader(
     localAddress: Address,
     remoteAddress: Address,
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
index 4e22390be8..eb27d607c9 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteActorRefProvider.scala
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ private[akka] class RemoteActorRefProvider(
           rootGuardian,
           remotingTerminator,
           _log,
-          untrustedMode = remoteSettings.UntrustedMode)
+          untrustedMode = remoteSettings.untrustedMode)
         local.registerExtraNames(Map(("remote", d)))
         d
       },
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteMetricsExtension.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteMetricsExtension.scala
index 63e397800a..2870a7a07d 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteMetricsExtension.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteMetricsExtension.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 package akka.remote
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
+
 import akka.actor.ActorSelectionMessage
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
@@ -14,12 +16,14 @@ import akka.actor.ExtensionId
 import akka.actor.ExtensionIdProvider
 import akka.event.Logging
 import akka.routing.RouterEnvelope
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  * Extension that keeps track of remote metrics, such
  * as max size of different message types.
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[akka] object RemoteMetricsExtension extends ExtensionId[RemoteMetrics] with ExtensionIdProvider {
   override def get(system: ActorSystem): RemoteMetrics = super.get(system)
 
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ private[akka] class RemoteMetricsOff extends RemoteMetrics {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[akka] class RemoteMetricsOn(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends RemoteMetrics {
 
   private val logFrameSizeExceeding: Int =
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
index 4ea8aaa771..6f09c1f4a5 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemoteSettings.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 package akka.remote
 
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
-
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.collection.immutable
 
@@ -16,7 +15,9 @@ import akka.actor.Props
 import akka.event.Logging
 import akka.event.Logging.LogLevel
 import akka.ConfigurationException
+import akka.annotation.InternalApi
 import akka.remote.artery.ArterySettings
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
 final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
   import config._
@@ -26,20 +27,32 @@ final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
 
   val WarnAboutDirectUse: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.remote.warn-about-direct-use")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val LogReceive: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.remote.classic.log-received-messages")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val LogSend: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.remote.classic.log-sent-messages")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val LogFrameSizeExceeding: Option[Int] = {
     if (config.getString("akka.remote.classic.log-frame-size-exceeding").toLowerCase == "off") None
     else Some(getBytes("akka.remote.classic.log-frame-size-exceeding").toInt)
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val UntrustedMode: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.remote.classic.untrusted-mode")
 
+  /**
+   * INTERNAL API
+   */
+  @silent
+  @InternalApi private[akka] def untrustedMode: Boolean =
+    if (Artery.Enabled) Artery.UntrustedMode else UntrustedMode
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val TrustedSelectionPaths: Set[String] =
     immutableSeq(getStringList("akka.remote.classic.trusted-selection-paths")).toSet
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val RemoteLifecycleEventsLogLevel: LogLevel = toRootLowerCase(
     getString("akka.remote.classic.log-remote-lifecycle-events")) match {
     case "on" => Logging.DebugLevel
@@ -51,32 +64,46 @@ final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
       }
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val Dispatcher: String = getString("akka.remote.classic.use-dispatcher")
 
-  def configureDispatcher(props: Props): Props = if (Dispatcher.isEmpty) props else props.withDispatcher(Dispatcher)
+  @silent
+  def configureDispatcher(props: Props): Props =
+    if (Artery.Enabled) {
+      if (Artery.Advanced.Dispatcher.isEmpty) props else props.withDispatcher(Artery.Advanced.Dispatcher)
+    } else {
+      if (Dispatcher.isEmpty) props else props.withDispatcher(Dispatcher)
+    }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val ShutdownTimeout: Timeout = {
     Timeout(config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.shutdown-timeout"))
   }.requiring(_.duration > Duration.Zero, "shutdown-timeout must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val FlushWait: FiniteDuration = {
     config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.flush-wait-on-shutdown")
   }.requiring(_ > Duration.Zero, "flush-wait-on-shutdown must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val StartupTimeout: Timeout = {
     Timeout(config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.startup-timeout"))
   }.requiring(_.duration > Duration.Zero, "startup-timeout must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val RetryGateClosedFor: FiniteDuration = {
     config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.retry-gate-closed-for")
   }.requiring(_ >= Duration.Zero, "retry-gate-closed-for must be >= 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val UsePassiveConnections: Boolean = getBoolean("akka.remote.classic.use-passive-connections")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val BackoffPeriod: FiniteDuration = {
     config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.backoff-interval")
   }.requiring(_ > Duration.Zero, "backoff-interval must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val LogBufferSizeExceeding: Int = {
     val key = "akka.remote.classic.log-buffer-size-exceeding"
     config.getString(key).toLowerCase match {
@@ -85,26 +112,32 @@ final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
     }
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val SysMsgAckTimeout: FiniteDuration = {
     config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.system-message-ack-piggyback-timeout")
   }.requiring(_ > Duration.Zero, "system-message-ack-piggyback-timeout must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val SysResendTimeout: FiniteDuration = {
     config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.resend-interval")
   }.requiring(_ > Duration.Zero, "resend-interval must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val SysResendLimit: Int = {
     config.getInt("akka.remote.classic.resend-limit")
   }.requiring(_ > 0, "resend-limit must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val SysMsgBufferSize: Int = {
     getInt("akka.remote.classic.system-message-buffer-size")
   }.requiring(_ > 0, "system-message-buffer-size must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val InitialSysMsgDeliveryTimeout: FiniteDuration = {
     config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.initial-system-message-delivery-timeout")
   }.requiring(_ > Duration.Zero, "initial-system-message-delivery-timeout must be > 0")
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val QuarantineSilentSystemTimeout: FiniteDuration = {
     val key = "akka.remote.classic.quarantine-after-silence"
     config.getString(key).toLowerCase match {
@@ -114,12 +147,14 @@ final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
     }
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val QuarantineDuration: FiniteDuration = {
     config
       .getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.prune-quarantine-marker-after")
       .requiring(_ > Duration.Zero, "prune-quarantine-marker-after must be > 0 ms")
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val CommandAckTimeout: Timeout = {
     Timeout(config.getMillisDuration("akka.remote.classic.command-ack-timeout"))
   }.requiring(_.duration > Duration.Zero, "command-ack-timeout must be > 0")
@@ -149,6 +184,7 @@ final class RemoteSettings(val config: Config) {
       transportConfig)
   }
 
+  @deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
   val Adapters: Map[String, String] = configToMap(getConfig("akka.remote.classic.adapters"))
 
   private def transportNames: immutable.Seq[String] =
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala
index 23c6bf1c20..9c279d61e2 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/Remoting.scala
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ private[akka] trait HeartbeatMessage extends PriorityMessage
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object Remoting {
 
   final val EndpointManagerName = "endpointManager"
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ private[remote] object Remoting {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 @ccompatUsedUntil213
 private[remote] class Remoting(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider: RemoteActorRefProvider)
     extends RemoteTransport(_system, _provider) {
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ private[remote] class Remoting(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _provider: RemoteAc
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object EndpointManager {
 
   // Messages between Remoting and EndpointManager
@@ -477,6 +480,7 @@ private[remote] object EndpointManager {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class EndpointManager(conf: Config, log: LoggingAdapter)
     extends Actor
     with RequiresMessageQueue[UnboundedMessageQueueSemantics] {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemotingLifecycleEvent.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemotingLifecycleEvent.scala
index 6cd9b7ddca..2644b09f89 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemotingLifecycleEvent.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/RemotingLifecycleEvent.scala
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ import scala.runtime.AbstractFunction2
 
 @silent
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 sealed trait RemotingLifecycleEvent extends Serializable {
   def logLevel: Logging.LogLevel
 }
 
 @silent
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 sealed trait AssociationEvent extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
   def localAddress: Address
   def remoteAddress: Address
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ sealed trait AssociationEvent extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class AssociatedEvent(localAddress: Address, remoteAddress: Address, inbound: Boolean)
     extends AssociationEvent {
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ final case class AssociatedEvent(localAddress: Address, remoteAddress: Address,
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class DisassociatedEvent(localAddress: Address, remoteAddress: Address, inbound: Boolean)
     extends AssociationEvent {
   protected override def eventName: String = "Disassociated"
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ final case class DisassociatedEvent(localAddress: Address, remoteAddress: Addres
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class AssociationErrorEvent(
     cause: Throwable,
     localAddress: Address,
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ final case class AssociationErrorEvent(
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class RemotingListenEvent(listenAddresses: Set[Address]) extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
   @silent
   def getListenAddresses: java.util.Set[Address] =
@@ -69,12 +75,14 @@ final case class RemotingListenEvent(listenAddresses: Set[Address]) extends Remo
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 case object RemotingShutdownEvent extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
   override def logLevel: Logging.LogLevel = Logging.InfoLevel
   override val toString: String = "Remoting shut down"
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class RemotingErrorEvent(cause: Throwable) extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
   def getCause: Throwable = cause
   override def logLevel: Logging.LogLevel = Logging.ErrorLevel
@@ -82,6 +90,7 @@ final case class RemotingErrorEvent(cause: Throwable) extends RemotingLifecycleE
 }
 
 // For binary compatibility
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object QuarantinedEvent extends AbstractFunction2[Address, Int, QuarantinedEvent] {
 
   @deprecated("Use long uid apply", "2.4.x")
@@ -89,6 +98,7 @@ object QuarantinedEvent extends AbstractFunction2[Address, Int, QuarantinedEvent
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class QuarantinedEvent(address: Address, longUid: Long) extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
 
   override def logLevel: Logging.LogLevel = Logging.WarningLevel
@@ -114,6 +124,7 @@ final case class QuarantinedEvent(address: Address, longUid: Long) extends Remot
  * The `uniqueAddress` was quarantined but it was due to normal shutdown or cluster leaving/exiting.
  */
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class GracefulShutdownQuarantinedEvent(uniqueAddress: UniqueAddress, reason: String)
     extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
   override def logLevel: Logging.LogLevel = Logging.InfoLevel
@@ -123,6 +134,7 @@ final case class GracefulShutdownQuarantinedEvent(uniqueAddress: UniqueAddress,
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent(localAddress: Address, remoteAddress: Address)
     extends RemotingLifecycleEvent {
   override def logLevel: LogLevel = Logging.WarningLevel
@@ -132,6 +144,7 @@ final case class ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent(localAddress: Address, remoteAd
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[remote] class EventPublisher(system: ActorSystem, log: LoggingAdapter, logLevel: Logging.LogLevel) {
   def notifyListeners(message: RemotingLifecycleEvent): Unit = {
     system.eventStream.publish(message)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
index 6c2f9d2293..1d2345d444 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/ArteryTransport.scala
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import akka.remote.AddressUidExtension
 import akka.remote.RemoteActorRef
 import akka.remote.RemoteActorRefProvider
 import akka.remote.RemoteTransport
-import akka.remote.ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent
 import akka.remote.UniqueAddress
 import akka.remote.artery.Decoder.InboundCompressionAccess
 import akka.remote.artery.Encoder.OutboundCompressionAccess
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ import akka.stream.scaladsl.Flow
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Keep
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Sink
 import akka.util.{ unused, OptionVal, WildcardIndex }
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ private[remote] abstract class ArteryTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _pr
               // and can result in forming two separate clusters (cluster split).
               // Instead, the downing strategy should act on ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent, e.g.
               // use it as a STONITH signal.
-              val lifecycleEvent = ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent(localAddress.address, from.address)
+              val lifecycleEvent = ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent(localAddress, from)
               system.eventStream.publish(lifecycleEvent)
 
             case _ => // not interesting
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ private[remote] abstract class ArteryTransport(_system: ExtendedActorSystem, _pr
 
   private[remote] def isShutdown: Boolean = hasBeenShutdown.get()
 
+  @silent // ThrottleMode from classic is deprecated, we can replace when removing classic
   override def managementCommand(cmd: Any): Future[Boolean] = {
     cmd match {
       case SetThrottle(address, direction, Blackhole) =>
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala
index 05571d5104..c54c8c6b19 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/Association.scala
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 package akka.remote.artery
 
 import java.net.ConnectException
-
-import akka.util.PrettyDuration._
 import java.util.Queue
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue
@@ -18,40 +16,45 @@ import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.Future
 import scala.concurrent.Promise
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
 
-import akka.{ Done, NotUsed }
+import akka.Done
+import akka.NotUsed
 import akka.actor.ActorRef
 import akka.actor.ActorSelectionMessage
 import akka.actor.Address
+import akka.actor.Cancellable
+import akka.actor.Dropped
 import akka.dispatch.sysmsg.SystemMessage
 import akka.event.Logging
-import akka.remote._
 import akka.remote.DaemonMsgCreate
-import akka.remote.QuarantinedEvent
-import akka.remote.artery.aeron.AeronSink.GaveUpMessageException
-import akka.remote.artery.ArteryTransport.{ AeronTerminated, ShuttingDown }
+import akka.remote.PriorityMessage
+import akka.remote.RemoteActorRef
+import akka.remote.UniqueAddress
+import akka.remote.artery.ArteryTransport.AeronTerminated
+import akka.remote.artery.ArteryTransport.ShuttingDown
 import akka.remote.artery.Encoder.OutboundCompressionAccess
 import akka.remote.artery.InboundControlJunction.ControlMessageSubject
 import akka.remote.artery.OutboundControlJunction.OutboundControlIngress
 import akka.remote.artery.OutboundHandshake.HandshakeTimeoutException
 import akka.remote.artery.SystemMessageDelivery.ClearSystemMessageDelivery
+import akka.remote.artery.aeron.AeronSink.GaveUpMessageException
 import akka.remote.artery.compress.CompressionTable
 import akka.stream.AbruptTerminationException
 import akka.stream.KillSwitches
 import akka.stream.Materializer
+import akka.stream.SharedKillSwitch
+import akka.stream.StreamTcpException
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Keep
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.MergeHub
 import akka.stream.scaladsl.Source
-import akka.util.{ OptionVal, Unsafe, WildcardIndex }
-import org.agrona.concurrent.ManyToOneConcurrentArrayQueue
-import akka.stream.SharedKillSwitch
-import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
-
-import akka.actor.Cancellable
-import akka.actor.Dropped
-import akka.stream.StreamTcpException
+import akka.util.OptionVal
+import akka.util.PrettyDuration._
+import akka.util.Unsafe
+import akka.util.WildcardIndex
 import akka.util.ccompat._
 import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+import org.agrona.concurrent.ManyToOneConcurrentArrayQueue
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -496,7 +499,7 @@ private[remote] class Association(
                     remoteAddress,
                     u,
                     reason)
-                  transport.system.eventStream.publish(QuarantinedEvent(remoteAddress, u))
+                  transport.system.eventStream.publish(QuarantinedEvent(UniqueAddress(remoteAddress, u)))
                 }
                 flightRecorder.loFreq(Transport_Quarantined, s"$remoteAddress - $u")
                 clearOutboundCompression()
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/QuarantinedEvent.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/QuarantinedEvent.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa2b50c317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/artery/QuarantinedEvent.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.remote.artery
+
+import akka.remote.UniqueAddress
+
+final case class QuarantinedEvent(uniqueAddress: UniqueAddress) {
+
+  override val toString: String =
+    s"QuarantinedEvent: Association to [${uniqueAddress.address}] having UID [${uniqueAddress.uid}] is" +
+    "irrecoverably failed. UID is now quarantined and all messages to this UID will be delivered to dead letters. " +
+    "Remote ActorSystem must be restarted to recover from this situation."
+}
+
+final case class GracefulShutdownQuarantinedEvent(uniqueAddress: UniqueAddress, reason: String) {
+  override val toString: String =
+    s"GracefulShutdownQuarantinedEvent: Association to [${uniqueAddress.address}] having UID [${uniqueAddress.uid}] " +
+    s"has been stopped. All messages to this UID will be delivered to dead letters. Reason: $reason"
+}
+
+final case class ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent(localAddress: UniqueAddress, remoteAddress: UniqueAddress) {
+  override val toString: String =
+    s"ThisActorSystemQuarantinedEvent: The remote system [$remoteAddress] has quarantined this system [$localAddress]."
+}
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AbstractTransportAdapter.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AbstractTransportAdapter.scala
index 837dca7847..3e42c3fe20 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AbstractTransportAdapter.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AbstractTransportAdapter.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import akka.dispatch.{ RequiresMessageQueue, UnboundedMessageQueueSemantics }
 import akka.remote.transport.AssociationHandle.DisassociateInfo
 import akka.actor.DeadLetterSuppression
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 trait TransportAdapterProvider {
 
   /**
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ trait TransportAdapterProvider {
   def create(wrappedTransport: Transport, system: ExtendedActorSystem): Transport
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class TransportAdapters(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
   val settings = RARP(system).provider.remoteSettings
 
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ class TransportAdapters(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
   }
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object TransportAdaptersExtension extends ExtensionId[TransportAdapters] with ExtensionIdProvider {
   override def get(system: ActorSystem): TransportAdapters = super.get(system)
   override def lookup = TransportAdaptersExtension
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ object TransportAdaptersExtension extends ExtensionId[TransportAdapters] with Ex
     new TransportAdapters(system)
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 trait SchemeAugmenter {
   protected def addedSchemeIdentifier: String
 
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ trait SchemeAugmenter {
 /**
  * An adapter that wraps a transport and provides interception
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 abstract class AbstractTransportAdapter(protected val wrappedTransport: Transport)(implicit val ec: ExecutionContext)
     extends Transport
     with SchemeAugmenter {
@@ -124,6 +129,7 @@ abstract class AbstractTransportAdapter(protected val wrappedTransport: Transpor
 
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 abstract class AbstractTransportAdapterHandle(
     val originalLocalAddress: Address,
     val originalRemoteAddress: Address,
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ abstract class AbstractTransportAdapterHandle(
 
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object ActorTransportAdapter {
   sealed trait TransportOperation extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
 
@@ -155,6 +162,7 @@ object ActorTransportAdapter {
   implicit val AskTimeout = Timeout(5.seconds)
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 abstract class ActorTransportAdapter(wrappedTransport: Transport, system: ActorSystem)
     extends AbstractTransportAdapter(wrappedTransport)(system.dispatchers.internalDispatcher) {
 
@@ -191,6 +199,7 @@ abstract class ActorTransportAdapter(wrappedTransport: Transport, system: ActorS
     } yield stopResult && wrappedStopResult
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 abstract class ActorTransportAdapterManager extends Actor with RequiresMessageQueue[UnboundedMessageQueueSemantics] {
   import ActorTransportAdapter.{ ListenUnderlying, ListenerRegistered }
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaPduCodec.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaPduCodec.scala
index d000061d2a..de29d2c0c8 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaPduCodec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaPduCodec.scala
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import akka.util.ByteString
 import akka.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException
 import akka.protobuf.{ ByteString => PByteString }
 import akka.util.OptionVal
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ private[remote] class PduCodecException(msg: String, cause: Throwable) extends A
  * Companion object of the [[akka.remote.transport.AkkaPduCodec]] trait. Contains the representation case classes
  * of decoded Akka Protocol Data Units (PDUs).
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object AkkaPduCodec {
 
   /**
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ private[remote] object AkkaPduCodec {
  *
  * A Codec that is able to convert Akka PDUs (Protocol Data Units) from and to [[akka.util.ByteString]]s.
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] trait AkkaPduCodec {
   import AkkaPduCodec._
 
@@ -114,6 +117,7 @@ private[remote] trait AkkaPduCodec {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object AkkaPduProtobufCodec extends AkkaPduCodec {
   import AkkaPduCodec._
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaProtocolTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaProtocolTransport.scala
index fa2a59fc46..f6aa66aa69 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaProtocolTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/AkkaProtocolTransport.scala
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ private[remote] class AkkaProtocolSettings(config: Config) {
   }
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object AkkaProtocolTransport { //Couldn't these go into the Remoting Extension/ RemoteSettings instead?
   val AkkaScheme: String = "akka"
   val AkkaOverhead: Int = 0 //Don't know yet
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ final case class HandshakeInfo(origin: Address, uid: Int, cookie: Option[String]
  * @param codec
  *   the codec that will be used to encode/decode Akka PDUs
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class AkkaProtocolTransport(
     wrappedTransport: Transport,
     private val system: ActorSystem,
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ private[remote] class AkkaProtocolTransport(
   }
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 private[transport] class AkkaProtocolManager(
     private val wrappedTransport: Transport,
     private val settings: AkkaProtocolSettings)
@@ -205,6 +208,7 @@ private[transport] class AkkaProtocolManager(
 
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class AkkaProtocolHandle(
     _localAddress: Address,
     _remoteAddress: Address,
@@ -222,6 +226,7 @@ private[remote] class AkkaProtocolHandle(
   def disassociate(info: DisassociateInfo): Unit = stateActor ! DisassociateUnderlying(info)
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] object ProtocolStateActor {
   sealed trait AssociationState
 
@@ -324,6 +329,7 @@ private[remote] object ProtocolStateActor {
       failureDetector).withDeploy(Deploy.local)
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class ProtocolStateActor(
     initialData: InitialProtocolStateData,
     private val localHandshakeInfo: HandshakeInfo,
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/FailureInjectorTransportAdapter.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/FailureInjectorTransportAdapter.scala
index 0d5f182fb8..bb4491d46b 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/FailureInjectorTransportAdapter.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/FailureInjectorTransportAdapter.scala
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ import scala.concurrent.{ Future, Promise }
 import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class FailureInjectorException(msg: String) extends AkkaException(msg) with NoStackTrace
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class FailureInjectorProvider extends TransportAdapterProvider {
 
   override def create(wrappedTransport: Transport, system: ExtendedActorSystem): Transport =
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ private[remote] object FailureInjectorTransportAdapter {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[remote] class FailureInjectorTransportAdapter(
     wrappedTransport: Transport,
     val extendedSystem: ExtendedActorSystem)
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ private[remote] class FailureInjectorTransportAdapter(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[remote] final case class FailureInjectorHandle(
     _wrappedHandle: AssociationHandle,
     private val gremlinAdapter: FailureInjectorTransportAdapter)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/TestTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/TestTransport.scala
index 0fa0c2562b..3a111a14f0 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/TestTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/TestTransport.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
  * requested to do. This class is not optimized for performance and MUST not be used as an in-memory transport in
  * production systems.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class TestTransport(
     val localAddress: Address,
     final val registry: AssociationRegistry,
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ class TestTransport(
 
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object TestTransport {
 
   type Behavior[A, B] = (A) => Future[B]
@@ -440,6 +442,7 @@ object TestTransport {
  up via a string key. Until we find a better way to inject an AssociationRegistry to multiple actor systems it is
  strongly recommended to use long, randomly generated strings to key the registry to avoid interference between tests.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object AssociationRegistry {
   private final val registries = scala.collection.mutable.Map[String, AssociationRegistry]()
 
@@ -450,6 +453,7 @@ object AssociationRegistry {
   def clear(): Unit = this.synchronized { registries.clear() }
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 final case class TestAssociationHandle(
     localAddress: Address,
     remoteAddress: Address,
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapter.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapter.scala
index 134a8bb15b..8e9d4a9a50 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapter.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapter.scala
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import akka.dispatch.{ RequiresMessageQueue, UnboundedMessageQueueSemantics }
 import akka.remote.RARP
 import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class ThrottlerProvider extends TransportAdapterProvider {
 
   override def create(wrappedTransport: Transport, system: ExtendedActorSystem): Transport =
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ class ThrottlerProvider extends TransportAdapterProvider {
 
 }
 
+// not deprecating this because Direction is widely used, we can change testkit anyway when removing classic
 object ThrottlerTransportAdapter {
   val SchemeIdentifier = "trttl"
   val UniqueId = new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger(0)
@@ -203,6 +205,7 @@ object ThrottlerTransportAdapter {
   def unthrottledThrottleMode(): ThrottleMode = Unthrottled
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class ThrottlerTransportAdapter(_wrappedTransport: Transport, _system: ExtendedActorSystem)
     extends ActorTransportAdapter(_wrappedTransport, _system) {
 
@@ -229,6 +232,7 @@ class ThrottlerTransportAdapter(_wrappedTransport: Transport, _system: ExtendedA
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[transport] object ThrottlerManager {
   final case class Checkin(origin: Address, handle: ThrottlerHandle) extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
 
@@ -246,6 +250,7 @@ private[transport] object ThrottlerManager {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[transport] class ThrottlerManager(wrappedTransport: Transport)
     extends ActorTransportAdapterManager
     with ActorLogging {
@@ -415,6 +420,7 @@ private[transport] object ThrottledAssociation {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[transport] class ThrottledAssociation(
     val manager: ActorRef,
     val associationHandler: AssociationEventListener,
@@ -578,6 +584,7 @@ private[transport] class ThrottledAssociation(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent
 private[transport] final case class ThrottlerHandle(_wrappedHandle: AssociationHandle, throttlerActor: ActorRef)
     extends AbstractTransportAdapterHandle(_wrappedHandle, SchemeIdentifier) {
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/Transport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/Transport.scala
index 0ce5910295..12f9592a3d 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/Transport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/Transport.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import akka.actor.DeadLetterSuppression
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
 import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object Transport {
 
   trait AssociationEvent extends NoSerializationVerificationNeeded
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ object Transport {
  * Transport implementations that are loaded dynamically by the remoting must have a constructor that accepts a
  * [[com.typesafe.config.Config]] and an [[akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem]] as parameters.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 trait Transport {
   import akka.remote.transport.Transport._
 
@@ -149,6 +151,7 @@ trait Transport {
 
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object AssociationHandle {
 
   /**
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ object AssociationHandle {
  * returned by [[akka.remote.transport.AssociationHandle#readHandlerPromise]]. Incoming data is not processed until
  * this registration takes place.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 trait AssociationHandle {
 
   /**
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettySSLSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettySSLSupport.scala
index 54ce9d1c7d..085ef2a577 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettySSLSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettySSLSupport.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import akka.japi.Util._
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler
 import akka.util.ccompat._
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ private[akka] class SSLSettings(config: Config) {
  * The `SSLEngine` is created via the configured [[SSLEngineProvider]].
  */
 @ccompatUsedUntil213
+@silent // deprecated
 private[akka] object NettySSLSupport {
 
   /**
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala
index 0c7dbbfae8..6604fc082d 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/NettyTransport.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.LengthFieldPrepender
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.ssl.SslHandler
 import org.jboss.netty.util.HashedWheelTimer
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 object NettyFutureBridge {
   def apply(nettyFuture: ChannelFuture): Future[Channel] = {
     val p = Promise[Channel]()
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ object NettyFutureBridge {
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class NettyTransportException(msg: String, cause: Throwable)
     extends RuntimeException(msg, cause)
     with OnlyCauseStackTrace {
@@ -99,12 +101,14 @@ class NettyTransportException(msg: String, cause: Throwable)
 }
 
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class NettyTransportExceptionNoStack(msg: String, cause: Throwable)
     extends NettyTransportException(msg, cause)
     with NoStackTrace {
   def this(msg: String) = this(msg, null)
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class NettyTransportSettings(config: Config) {
 
   import akka.util.Helpers.ConfigOps
@@ -206,6 +210,7 @@ class NettyTransportSettings(config: Config) {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[netty] trait CommonHandlers extends NettyHelpers {
   protected val transport: NettyTransport
 
@@ -248,6 +253,7 @@ private[netty] trait CommonHandlers extends NettyHelpers {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[netty] abstract class ServerHandler(
     protected final val transport: NettyTransport,
     private final val associationListenerFuture: Future[AssociationEventListener])
@@ -279,6 +285,7 @@ private[netty] abstract class ServerHandler(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[netty] abstract class ClientHandler(protected final val transport: NettyTransport, remoteAddress: Address)
     extends NettyClientHelpers
     with CommonHandlers {
@@ -327,6 +334,7 @@ private[transport] object NettyTransport {
     addressFromSocketAddress(addr, schemeIdentifier, systemName, hostName, port = None)
 }
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class NettyTransport(val settings: NettyTransportSettings, val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Transport {
 
   def this(system: ExtendedActorSystem, conf: Config) = this(new NettyTransportSettings(conf), system)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/SSLEngineProvider.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/SSLEngineProvider.scala
index bb549d156a..0acf3ab7e4 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/SSLEngineProvider.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/SSLEngineProvider.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory
 
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 trait SSLEngineProvider {
 
   def createServerSSLEngine(): SSLEngine
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ trait SSLEngineProvider {
  *
  * Subclass may override protected methods to replace certain parts, such as key and trust manager.
  */
+@deprecated("Classic remoting is deprecated, use Artery", "2.6.0")
 class ConfigSSLEngineProvider(protected val log: MarkerLoggingAdapter, private val settings: SSLSettings)
     extends SSLEngineProvider {
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/TcpSupport.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/TcpSupport.scala
index 0c38191c70..74ab99b3e1 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/TcpSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/transport/netty/TcpSupport.scala
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ import java.net.InetSocketAddress
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.{ ChannelBuffer, ChannelBuffers }
 import org.jboss.netty.channel._
-
 import scala.concurrent.{ Future, Promise }
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ private[remote] object ChannelLocalActor extends ChannelLocal[Option[HandleEvent
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] trait TcpHandlers extends CommonHandlers {
   protected def log: LoggingAdapter
 
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ private[remote] trait TcpHandlers extends CommonHandlers {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class TcpServerHandler(
     _transport: NettyTransport,
     _associationListenerFuture: Future[AssociationEventListener],
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ private[remote] class TcpServerHandler(
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class TcpClientHandler(_transport: NettyTransport, remoteAddress: Address, val log: LoggingAdapter)
     extends ClientHandler(_transport, remoteAddress)
     with TcpHandlers {
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ private[remote] class TcpClientHandler(_transport: NettyTransport, remoteAddress
 /**
  * INTERNAL API
  */
+@silent // deprecated
 private[remote] class TcpAssociationHandle(
     val localAddress: Address,
     val remoteAddress: Address,
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/AckedDeliverySpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/AckedDeliverySpec.scala
index 485a3b671d..1305ee4056 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/AckedDeliverySpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/AckedDeliverySpec.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
+@silent // deprecated
 object AckedDeliverySpec {
 
   final case class Sequenced(seq: SeqNo, body: String) extends HasSequenceNumber {
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ object AckedDeliverySpec {
 
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class AckedDeliverySpec extends AkkaSpec {
   import AckedDeliverySpec._
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
index 9cc32e5cf0..4a9ebbfa1c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteConfigSpec.scala
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@
 package akka.remote
 
 import language.postfixOps
+
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
 import akka.remote.transport.AkkaProtocolSettings
-import akka.util.{ Helpers }
+import akka.util.Helpers
 import akka.util.Helpers.ConfigOps
 import akka.remote.transport.netty.{ NettyTransportSettings, SSLSettings }
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
+@silent // classic deprecated
 class RemoteConfigSpec extends AkkaSpec("""
     akka.actor.provider = remote
     akka.remote.classic.netty.tcp.port = 0
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteFeaturesSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteFeaturesSpec.scala
index a0e0169646..92b2b3fe39 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteFeaturesSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemoteFeaturesSpec.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import akka.remote.artery.RemoteDeploymentSpec
 import akka.testkit.EventFilter
 import akka.testkit.ImplicitSender
 import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
@@ -56,10 +57,14 @@ abstract class RemoteFeaturesSpec(c: Config) extends ArteryMultiNodeSpec(c) with
 
   protected val remoteSystem1 = newRemoteSystem(name = Some("RS1"), extraConfig = Some(common(useUnsafe)))
 
-  Seq(system, remoteSystem1).foreach(
-    muteDeadLetters(
-      akka.remote.transport.AssociationHandle.Disassociated.getClass,
-      akka.remote.transport.ActorTransportAdapter.DisassociateUnderlying.getClass)(_))
+  @silent // deprecated
+  private def mute(): Unit = {
+    Seq(system, remoteSystem1).foreach(
+      muteDeadLetters(
+        akka.remote.transport.AssociationHandle.Disassociated.getClass,
+        akka.remote.transport.ActorTransportAdapter.DisassociateUnderlying.getClass)(_))
+  }
+  mute()
 
   import akka.remote.artery.RemoteWatcherSpec.TestRemoteWatcher
   protected val monitor = system.actorOf(Props(new TestRemoteWatcher), "monitor1")
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
index 630e3117bc..513d7a6ca1 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/Ticket1978CommunicationSpec.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.reflect.classTag
 
 import akka.remote.transport.netty.ConfigSSLEngineProvider
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
+@silent // deprecated
 object Configuration {
   // set this in your JAVA_OPTS to see all ssl debug info: "-Djavax.net.debug=ssl,keymanager"
   // The certificate will expire in 2109
@@ -116,6 +118,7 @@ class Ticket1978CrappyRSAWithMD5OnlyHereToMakeSureThingsWorkSpec
 class Ticket1978NonExistingRNGSecureSpec
     extends Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(CipherConfig(false, AkkaSpec.testConf, "NonExistingRNG", 12345, 12346, None))
 
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class Ticket1978CommunicationSpec(val cipherConfig: CipherConfig)
     extends AkkaSpec(cipherConfig.config)
     with ImplicitSender {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
index 8a308a431c..403458625d 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import akka.actor.RootActorPath
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import akka.testkit.SocketUtil
-import akka.remote.QuarantinedEvent
 import akka.remote.RARP
 import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala
index 57cfcc2e16..65843cd531 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 package akka.remote.artery
 
-import language.postfixOps
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
+import scala.language.postfixOps
 
-import akka.testkit._
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.remote._
+import akka.testkit._
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
 object RemoteWatcherSpec {
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class RemoteWatcherSpec
         .withFallback(ArterySpecSupport.defaultConfig))
     with ImplicitSender {
 
-  import RemoteWatcherSpec._
   import RemoteWatcher._
+  import RemoteWatcherSpec._
 
   override def expectedTestDuration = 2.minutes
 
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ class RemoteWatcherSpec
   val remoteAddress = address(remoteSystem)
   def remoteAddressUid = AddressUidExtension(remoteSystem).longAddressUid
 
-  Seq(system, remoteSystem).foreach(
-    muteDeadLetters(
-      akka.remote.transport.AssociationHandle.Disassociated.getClass,
-      akka.remote.transport.ActorTransportAdapter.DisassociateUnderlying.getClass)(_))
-
   override def afterTermination(): Unit = {
     shutdown(remoteSystem)
     super.afterTermination()
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
index 45d4484a5d..c6d4127848 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeathWatchSpec.scala
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+@silent // classic deprecated
 class RemoteDeathWatchSpec
     extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString("""
 akka {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec.scala
index 75b08bf5fc..1ad0e7477c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec.scala
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import akka.remote.EndpointException
 import akka.remote.transport._
 import akka.testkit._
 import com.typesafe.config._
-
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 // relies on test transport
 object RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec {
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ object RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec {
   }
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec
     extends AkkaSpec(RemoteDeploymentWhitelistSpec.cfg)
     with ImplicitSender
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteSettingsSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteSettingsSpec.scala
index e4007edbe3..8bedc53924 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteSettingsSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteSettingsSpec.scala
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
 package akka.remote.classic
 
 import akka.remote.RemoteSettings
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 import org.scalatest.{ Matchers, WordSpec }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class RemoteSettingsSpec extends WordSpec with Matchers {
 
   "Remote settings" must {
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala
index 83de90f365..8522ab0190 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/RemoteWatcherSpec.scala
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ object RemoteWatcherSpec {
 
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class RemoteWatcherSpec extends AkkaSpec("""akka {
        loglevel = INFO
        log-dead-letters-during-shutdown = false
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.scala
index 5f99ab15d9..91c7cf144e 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/AkkaProtocolSpec.scala
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ import akka.remote.{ FailureDetector, WireFormats }
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, ImplicitSender }
 import akka.util.{ ByteString, OptionVal }
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Promise }
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 object AkkaProtocolSpec {
 
   class TestFailureDetector extends FailureDetector {
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ object AkkaProtocolSpec {
 
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class AkkaProtocolSpec extends AkkaSpec("""akka.actor.provider = remote """) with ImplicitSender {
 
   val conf = ConfigFactory.parseString("""
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/GenericTransportSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/GenericTransportSpec.scala
index 7f3e0fe2f7..dc37a68ac8 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/GenericTransportSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/GenericTransportSpec.scala
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.Transport._
 import akka.remote.transport.{ AssociationRegistry => _, _ }
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, DefaultTimeout, ImplicitSender }
 import akka.util.ByteString
-
 import scala.concurrent.{ Await, Future }
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class GenericTransportSpec(withAkkaProtocol: Boolean = false)
     extends AkkaSpec("""
          akka.remote.artery.enabled = false
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest.scala
index 79140fca67..d77b3ab2d5 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.ThrottlerTransportAdapter._
 import akka.remote.{ EndpointException, QuarantinedEvent, RARP }
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, DefaultTimeout, EventFilter, ImplicitSender, TestEvent, TimingTest, _ }
 import com.typesafe.config.{ Config, ConfigFactory }
-
 import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 object SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest {
   val msgCount = 5000
   val burstSize = 100
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ object SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest {
 
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 abstract class SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest(msg: String, cfg: String)
     extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.parseString(cfg).withFallback(SystemMessageDeliveryStressTest.baseConfig))
     with ImplicitSender
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/TestTransportSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/TestTransportSpec.scala
index fa78c1b1d9..b7ba9451b8 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/TestTransportSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/TestTransportSpec.scala
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.Transport._
 import akka.remote.transport.{ AssociationHandle, TestTransport }
 import akka.testkit._
 import akka.util.ByteString
-
 import scala.concurrent._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
+@silent // deprecated
 class TestTransportSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
 
   val addressA: Address = Address("test", "testsytemA", "testhostA", 4321)
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec.scala
index 44ff064e3a..69b37411e1 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/classic/transport/ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec.scala
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ import akka.remote.transport.{ TestTransport, ThrottlerTransportAdapter }
 import akka.remote.{ EndpointException, RemoteActorRefProvider }
 import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, DefaultTimeout, EventFilter, ImplicitSender, TestEvent, TimingTest }
 import com.typesafe.config.{ Config, ConfigFactory }
-
 import scala.concurrent.Await
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
+import com.github.ghik.silencer.silent
+
 object ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec {
   val configA: Config =
     ConfigFactory.parseString("""
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ object ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec {
   final case class Lost(msg: String)
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec extends AkkaSpec(configA) with ImplicitSender with DefaultTimeout {
 
   val systemB = ActorSystem("systemB", system.settings.config)
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ class ThrottlerTransportAdapterSpec extends AkkaSpec(configA) with ImplicitSende
   override def afterTermination(): Unit = shutdown(systemB)
 }
 
+@silent // deprecated
 class ThrottlerTransportAdapterGenericSpec extends GenericTransportSpec(withAkkaProtocol = true) {
 
   def transportName = "ThrottlerTransportAdapter"