diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/counter.h b/include/osmocom/core/counter.h
index dc62791..0d56bc4 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/counter.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/counter.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 }
 
 /*! Get current value of counter */
-OSMO_DEPRECATED("Implement as osmo_stat_item instead")
+OSMO_DEPRECATED_OUTSIDE("Implement as osmo_stat_item instead")
 static inline unsigned long osmo_counter_get(struct osmo_counter *ctr)
 {
 	return ctr->value;
diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h
index 93cb1bf..851b58e 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/ipa.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 int ipa_ccm_idtag_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len)
 	OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use ipa_ccm_id_{get,resp}_parse instead");
 int ipa_ccm_idtag_parse_off(struct tlv_parsed *dec, unsigned char *buf, int len, const int len_offset)
-	OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use ipa_ccm_id_{get,resp}_parse instead");
+	OSMO_DEPRECATED_OUTSIDE("Use ipa_ccm_id_{get,resp}_parse instead");
 
 /* parse payload of IPA CCM ID GET into a osmocom TLV style representation */
 int ipa_ccm_id_get_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, const uint8_t *buf, unsigned int len);
diff --git a/include/osmocom/gsm/lapdm.h b/include/osmocom/gsm/lapdm.h
index 633df1a..0e99743 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/gsm/lapdm.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/gsm/lapdm.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 void lapdm_entity_init3(struct lapdm_entity *le, enum lapdm_mode mode,
 			const int *t200_ms, int n200, const char *name_pfx);
 void lapdm_channel_init(struct lapdm_channel *lc, enum lapdm_mode mode)
-	OSMO_DEPRECATED("Use lapdm_channel_init3() instead");
+	OSMO_DEPRECATED_OUTSIDE("Use lapdm_channel_init3() instead");
 int lapdm_channel_init2(struct lapdm_channel *lc, enum lapdm_mode mode,
 			const int *t200_ms_dcch, const int *t200_ms_acch, enum gsm_chan_t chan_t);
 int lapdm_channel_init3(struct lapdm_channel *lc, enum lapdm_mode mode,