diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/RegeneratingModel.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/RegeneratingModel.java
index aa66bed50..5ffacc678 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/RegeneratingModel.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/RegeneratingModel.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.*;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class RegeneratingModel implements OntModel {
 
     private ModelGenerator generator;
@@ -2163,7 +2164,7 @@ public class RegeneratingModel implements OntModel {
         }
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public Resource createResource(ResourceF arg0) {
         try {
             return model.createResource(arg0);
@@ -2182,7 +2183,7 @@ public class RegeneratingModel implements OntModel {
         }
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public Resource createResource(String arg0, ResourceF arg1) {
         try {
             return model.createResource(arg0, arg1);
@@ -2393,7 +2394,7 @@ public class RegeneratingModel implements OntModel {
         }
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
+    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     public Resource getResource(String arg0, ResourceF arg1) {
         try {
             return model.getResource(arg0, arg1);