diff --git a/data/dbus-interfaces.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces.xml
index 1827f92ab..a388af02c 100644
--- a/data/dbus-interfaces.xml
+++ b/data/dbus-interfaces.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 
 <node name="/" xmlns:doc="http://www.freedesktop.org/dbus/1.0/doc.dtd">
   <interface name='org.gnome.Nautilus.FileOperations'>
+
+    <!--
+      This interface has been deprecated. Please switch to
+      org.gnome.Nautilus.FileOperations2 interace.
+    -->
+    <annotation name="org.freedesktop.DBus.Deprecated" value="true"/>
+
     <method name='CopyURIs'>
       <arg type='as' name='SourceFilesURIList' direction='in'/>
       <arg type='s' name='DestinationDirectoryURI' direction='in'/>
diff --git a/src/nautilus-dbus-manager.c b/src/nautilus-dbus-manager.c
index bb4d13963..61441a6b5 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-dbus-manager.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-dbus-manager.c
@@ -516,7 +516,10 @@ undo_manager_changed (NautilusDBusManager *self)
 static void
 nautilus_dbus_manager_init (NautilusDBusManager *self)
 {
+    G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
     self->file_operations = nautilus_dbus_file_operations_skeleton_new ();
+    G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+
     self->file_operations2 = nautilus_dbus_file_operations2_skeleton_new ();
 
     g_signal_connect (self->file_operations,