diff --git a/webapp/build.xml b/webapp/build.xml
index 6f9dc5428..1f2c673a1 100644
--- a/webapp/build.xml
+++ b/webapp/build.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 	<property name="test-classes.dir" location="${build.dir}/testclasses" />
 
 	<property name="servletjars.dir" location="${build.dir}/servletjars" />
+	
+	<property name="javac.deprecation" value="true" />
 
 	<!-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
           paths: for compiling and running                      
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ deploy   - Deploy the application directly into the Tomcat webapps directory.
 		<javac srcdir="${webapp.dir}/src"
 		       destdir="${war-classes.dir}"
 		       debug="true"
-		       deprecation="true"
+		       deprecation="${javac.deprecation}"
 		       encoding="UTF8"
 			   includeantruntime="false"
 		       optimize="true"
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ deploy   - Deploy the application directly into the Tomcat webapps directory.
 		<javac srcdir="${webapp.dir}/test"
 		       destdir="${test-classes.dir}"
 		       debug="true"
-		       deprecation="true"
+		       deprecation="${javac.deprecation}"
 		       encoding="UTF8"
 			   includeantruntime="false"
 		       optimize="false"
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ deploy   - Deploy the application directly into the Tomcat webapps directory.
 		<javac srcdir="${webapp.dir}/../utilities/buildutils/revisioninfo"
 		       destdir="${test-classes.dir}"
 		       debug="true"
-		       deprecation="true"
+		       deprecation="${javac.deprecation}"
 		       encoding="UTF8"
 			   includeantruntime="false"
 		       optimize="false"
diff --git a/webapp/product-build.xml b/webapp/product-build.xml
index 5b20eaa21..0af6db70c 100644
--- a/webapp/product-build.xml
+++ b/webapp/product-build.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 	<property name="war-lib.dir" location="${war-webinf.dir}/lib" />
 	<property name="test-classes.dir" location="${build.dir}/testclasses" />
 	<property name="servletjars.dir" location="${build.dir}/servletjars" />
+	
+	<property name="javac.deprecation" value="true" />
 
 
 	<!-- Is there a "src" directory in the product? -->
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@
 		<javac srcdir="${product.source.dir}"
 		       destdir="${product.classes.dir}"
 		       debug="true"
-		       deprecation="true"
+		       deprecation="${javac.deprecation}"
 		       encoding="UTF8"
 			   includeantruntime="false"
 		       optimize="true"