diff --git a/include/crm/cib/cib_types.h b/include/crm/cib/cib_types.h
index 8234b7c2ec..d5c2c4880c 100644
--- a/include/crm/cib/cib_types.h
+++ b/include/crm/cib/cib_types.h
@@ -1,154 +1,157 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2004-2019 the Pacemaker project contributors
+ * Copyright 2004-2022 the Pacemaker project contributors
  *
  * The version control history for this file may have further details.
  *
  * This source code is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_CIB_CIB_TYPES__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_CIB_CIB_TYPES__H
 
 #  include <glib.h>             // gboolean, GList
 #  include <libxml/tree.h>      // xmlNode
 #  include <crm/common/ipc.h>
 #  include <crm/common/xml.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /**
  * \file
  * \brief Data types for Cluster Information Base access
  * \ingroup cib
  */
 
 enum cib_variant {
     cib_undefined,
     cib_native,
     cib_file,
     cib_remote,
     cib_database,
 };
 
 enum cib_state {
     cib_connected_command,
     cib_connected_query,
     cib_disconnected
 };
 
 enum cib_conn_type {
     cib_command,
     cib_query,
     cib_no_connection,
     cib_command_nonblocking,
 };
 
 enum cib_call_options {
     cib_none            = 0x00000000,
     cib_verbose         = 0x00000001,  //!< Prefer stderr to logs
     cib_xpath           = 0x00000002,
     cib_multiple        = 0x00000004,
     cib_can_create      = 0x00000008,
     cib_discard_reply   = 0x00000010,
     cib_no_children     = 0x00000020,
     cib_xpath_address   = 0x00000040,
     cib_mixed_update    = 0x00000080,
     cib_scope_local     = 0x00000100,
     cib_dryrun          = 0x00000200,
     cib_sync_call       = 0x00001000,
     cib_no_mtime        = 0x00002000,
     cib_zero_copy       = 0x00004000,
     cib_inhibit_notify  = 0x00010000,
     cib_quorum_override = 0x00100000,
     cib_inhibit_bcast   = 0x01000000, //!< \deprecated Will be removed in future
     cib_force_diff      = 0x10000000
 };
 
 typedef struct cib_s cib_t;
 
 typedef struct cib_api_operations_s {
     int (*signon) (cib_t *cib, const char *name, enum cib_conn_type type);
     int (*signon_raw) (cib_t *cib, const char *name, enum cib_conn_type type,
                        int *event_fd);
     int (*signoff) (cib_t *cib);
     int (*free) (cib_t *cib);
     int (*set_op_callback) (cib_t *cib, void (*callback) (const xmlNode *msg,
                                                           int callid, int rc,
                                                           xmlNode *output));
     int (*add_notify_callback) (cib_t *cib, const char *event,
                                 void (*callback) (const char *event,
                                                   xmlNode *msg));
     int (*del_notify_callback) (cib_t *cib, const char *event,
                                 void (*callback) (const char *event,
                                                   xmlNode *msg));
     int (*set_connection_dnotify) (cib_t *cib,
                                    void (*dnotify) (gpointer user_data));
     int (*inputfd) (cib_t *cib);
     int (*noop) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*ping) (cib_t *cib, xmlNode **output_data, int call_options);
     int (*query) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode **output_data,
                   int call_options);
     int (*query_from) (cib_t *cib, const char *host, const char *section,
                        xmlNode **output_data, int call_options);
     int (*is_master) (cib_t *cib);
     int (*set_master) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*set_slave) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*set_slave_all) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*sync) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, int call_options);
     int (*sync_from) (cib_t *cib, const char *host, const char *section,
                       int call_options);
     int (*upgrade) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*bump_epoch) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*create) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode *data,
                    int call_options);
     int (*modify) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode *data,
                    int call_options);
     int (*update) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode *data,
                    int call_options);
     int (*replace) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode *data,
                     int call_options);
     int (*remove) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode *data,
                    int call_options);
     int (*erase) (cib_t *cib, xmlNode **output_data, int call_options);
+
+    //! \deprecated This method does nothing and should not be called
     int (*delete_absolute) (cib_t *cib, const char *section, xmlNode *data,
                             int call_options);
+
     int (*quit) (cib_t *cib, int call_options);
     int (*register_notification) (cib_t *cib, const char *callback,
                                   int enabled);
     gboolean (*register_callback) (cib_t *cib, int call_id, int timeout,
                                    gboolean only_success, void *user_data,
                                    const char *callback_name,
                                    void (*callback) (xmlNode*, int, int,
                                                      xmlNode*, void *));
     gboolean (*register_callback_full)(cib_t *cib, int call_id, int timeout,
                                        gboolean only_success, void *user_data,
                                        const char *callback_name,
                                        void (*callback)(xmlNode *, int, int,
                                                         xmlNode *, void *),
                                        void (*free_func)(void *));
 } cib_api_operations_t;
 
 struct cib_s {
     enum cib_state state;
     enum cib_conn_type type;
     enum cib_variant variant;
 
     int call_id;
     int call_timeout;
     void *variant_opaque;
     void *delegate_fn;
 
     GList *notify_list;
     void (*op_callback) (const xmlNode *msg, int call_id, int rc,
                          xmlNode *output);
     cib_api_operations_t *cmds;
 };
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif // PCMK__CRM_CIB_CIB_TYPES__H