diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 15d7229a4..7037656ae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ m4_define([USB1_ADAPTERS],
 	[[opendous], [eStick/opendous JTAG Programmer], [OPENDOUS]],
 	[[armjtagew], [Olimex ARM-JTAG-EW Programmer], [ARMJTAGEW]],
 	[[rlink], [Raisonance RLink JTAG Programmer], [RLINK]],
-	[[usbprog], [USBProg JTAG Programmer], [USBPROG]],
-	[[aice], [Andes JTAG Programmer], [AICE]]])
+	[[usbprog], [USBProg JTAG Programmer], [USBPROG]]])
+
+m4_define([DEPRECATED_USB1_ADAPTERS],
+	[[[aice], [Andes JTAG Programmer (deprecated)], [AICE]]])
 
 m4_define([HIDAPI_ADAPTERS],
 	[[[cmsis_dap], [CMSIS-DAP Compliant Debugger], [CMSIS_DAP_HID]],
@@ -256,6 +258,8 @@ AC_ARG_ADAPTERS([
   LIBJAYLINK_ADAPTERS
   ],[auto])
 
+AC_ARG_ADAPTERS([DEPRECATED_USB1_ADAPTERS],[no])
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([parport],
   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-parport], [Enable building the pc parallel port driver]),
   [build_parport=$enableval], [build_parport=no])
@@ -660,6 +664,7 @@ m4_define([PROCESS_ADAPTERS], [
 ])
 
 PROCESS_ADAPTERS([USB1_ADAPTERS], ["x$use_libusb1" = "xyes"], [libusb-1.x])
+PROCESS_ADAPTERS([DEPRECATED_USB1_ADAPTERS], ["x$use_libusb1" = "xyes"], [libusb-1.x])
 PROCESS_ADAPTERS([HIDAPI_ADAPTERS], ["x$use_hidapi" = "xyes"], [hidapi])
 PROCESS_ADAPTERS([HIDAPI_USB1_ADAPTERS], ["x$use_hidapi" = "xyes" -a "x$use_libusb1" = "xyes"], [hidapi and libusb-1.x])
 PROCESS_ADAPTERS([LIBFTDI_ADAPTERS], ["x$use_libftdi" = "xyes"], [libftdi])
@@ -798,6 +803,7 @@ echo
 echo OpenOCD configuration summary
 echo --------------------------------------------------
 m4_foreach([adapter], [USB1_ADAPTERS,
+	DEPRECATED_USB1_ADAPTERS,
 	HIDAPI_ADAPTERS, HIDAPI_USB1_ADAPTERS, LIBFTDI_ADAPTERS,
 	LIBFTDI_USB1_ADAPTERS,
 	LIBGPIOD_ADAPTERS,
diff --git a/doc/openocd.texi b/doc/openocd.texi
index 1b6d06302..121873522 100644
--- a/doc/openocd.texi
+++ b/doc/openocd.texi
@@ -4728,9 +4728,9 @@ specified, @xref{gdbportoverride,,option -gdb-port}.), and a fake ARM core will
 be emulated to comply to GDB remote protocol.
 @item @code{mips_m4k} -- a MIPS core.
 @item @code{mips_mips64} -- a MIPS64 core.
-@item @code{nds32_v2} -- this is an Andes NDS32 v2 core.
-@item @code{nds32_v3} -- this is an Andes NDS32 v3 core.
-@item @code{nds32_v3m} -- this is an Andes NDS32 v3m core.
+@item @code{nds32_v2} -- this is an Andes NDS32 v2 core (deprecated; would be removed in v0.13.0).
+@item @code{nds32_v3} -- this is an Andes NDS32 v3 core (deprecated; would be removed in v0.13.0).
+@item @code{nds32_v3m} -- this is an Andes NDS32 v3m core (deprecated; would be removed in v0.13.0).
 @item @code{or1k} -- this is an OpenRISC 1000 core.
 The current implementation supports three JTAG TAP cores:
 @itemize @minus