diff --git a/daemons/attrd/Makefile.am b/daemons/attrd/Makefile.am
index d9c2d210fe..47119679cf 100644
--- a/daemons/attrd/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemons/attrd/Makefile.am
@@ -1,37 +1,36 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2004-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/common.mk
 
 halibdir	= $(CRM_DAEMON_DIR)
 
 halib_PROGRAMS	= pacemaker-attrd
 
 noinst_HEADERS  = pacemaker-attrd.h
 
 pacemaker_attrd_CFLAGS	= $(CFLAGS_HARDENED_EXE)
 pacemaker_attrd_LDFLAGS	= $(LDFLAGS_HARDENED_EXE)
 
 pacemaker_attrd_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/cluster/libcrmcluster.la
 pacemaker_attrd_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
-pacemaker_attrd_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_rules.la
 pacemaker_attrd_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/lrmd/liblrmd.la
 pacemaker_attrd_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 pacemaker_attrd_LDADD += $(CLUSTERLIBS)
 
 pacemaker_attrd_SOURCES	= attrd_alerts.c 	\
 			  attrd_attributes.c 	\
 			  attrd_cib.c 		\
 			  attrd_corosync.c 	\
 			  attrd_elections.c 	\
 			  attrd_ipc.c 		\
 			  attrd_messages.c 	\
 			  attrd_sync.c 		\
 			  attrd_utils.c 	\
 			  pacemaker-attrd.c
diff --git a/daemons/controld/Makefile.am b/daemons/controld/Makefile.am
index 6f91126a62..866d660f9b 100644
--- a/daemons/controld/Makefile.am
+++ b/daemons/controld/Makefile.am
@@ -1,65 +1,64 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2018-2024 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/common.mk
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/man.mk
 
 halibdir	= $(CRM_DAEMON_DIR)
 
 halib_PROGRAMS	= pacemaker-controld
 
 noinst_HEADERS	= $(wildcard *.h)
 
 pacemaker_controld_CFLAGS	= $(CFLAGS_HARDENED_EXE)
 pacemaker_controld_LDFLAGS	= $(LDFLAGS_HARDENED_EXE)
 
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
-pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_rules.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/fencing/libstonithd.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cluster/libcrmcluster.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/lrmd/liblrmd.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/services/libcrmservice.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 pacemaker_controld_LDADD += $(CLUSTERLIBS)
 
 pacemaker_controld_SOURCES = pacemaker-controld.c	\
 			     controld_alerts.c		\
 			     controld_attrd.c		\
 			     controld_callbacks.c	\
 			     controld_cib.c		\
 			     controld_control.c		\
 			     controld_corosync.c	\
 			     controld_election.c	\
 			     controld_execd.c		\
 			     controld_execd_state.c	\
 			     controld_fencing.c		\
 			     controld_fsa.c		\
 			     controld_join_client.c	\
 			     controld_join_dc.c		\
 			     controld_matrix.c		\
 			     controld_membership.c	\
 			     controld_messages.c	\
 			     controld_metadata.c	\
 			     controld_remote_ra.c	\
 			     controld_schedulerd.c	\
 			     controld_te_actions.c	\
 			     controld_te_callbacks.c	\
 			     controld_te_events.c	\
 			     controld_te_utils.c	\
 			     controld_throttle.c	\
 			     controld_timers.c		\
 			     controld_transition.c	\
 			     controld_utils.c
 
 if BUILD_XML_HELP
 man7_MANS 	= pacemaker-controld.7
 endif
 
 CLEANFILES = $(man7_MANS)
diff --git a/lib/pacemaker-pe_rules.pc.in b/lib/pacemaker-pe_rules.pc.in
index bd442f9111..e0788f3455 100644
--- a/lib/pacemaker-pe_rules.pc.in
+++ b/lib/pacemaker-pe_rules.pc.in
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 sub=pe_rules
 libdir=@libdir@
 includedir=@includedir@/@PACKAGE_TARNAME@
 
 Name:             lib${sub}
 URL:              @PACKAGE_URL@
 Version:          @PACKAGE_VERSION@
-Description:      Scheduler rule APIs for Pacemaker
+Description:      Deprecated scheduler rule APIs for Pacemaker
 # pe_rules isn't very useful without glib hash table API
 Requires:         pacemaker glib-2.0
 Requires.private: libxml-2.0
 Conflicts:
 Cflags:           -I${includedir}
 Libs:             -L${libdir} -l${sub}
 Libs.private:
diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index ac0dfce957..a5350c2144 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -1,154 +1,151 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2004-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors
 #
 # The version control history for this file may have further details.
 #
 # This source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2
 # or later (GPLv2+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
 #
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/common.mk
 include $(top_srcdir)/mk/man.mk
 
 if BUILD_SYSTEMD
 systemdsystemunit_DATA	= crm_mon.service
 endif
 
 noinst_HEADERS		= crm_mon.h 		\
 			  crm_resource.h
 
 pcmkdir			= $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE)
 pcmk_DATA		= report.common 	\
 			  report.collector
 
 sbin_SCRIPTS		= crm_report 	\
 			  crm_standby 	\
 			  crm_master 	\
 			  crm_failcount
 if BUILD_CIBSECRETS
 sbin_SCRIPTS		+= cibsecret
 endif
 noinst_SCRIPTS		= cluster-clean		\
 			  cluster-helper	\
 			  pcmk_simtimes
 
 EXTRA_DIST		= $(wildcard *.inc) 	\
 			  fix-manpages
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS		= attrd_updater \
 			  cibadmin 	\
 			  crmadmin 	\
 			  crm_simulate 	\
 			  crm_attribute \
 			  crm_diff 	\
 			  crm_error 	\
 			  crm_mon 	\
 			  crm_node 	\
 			  crm_resource 	\
 			  crm_rule 	\
 			  crm_shadow 	\
 			  crm_verify 	\
 			  crm_ticket 	\
 			  iso8601 	\
 			  stonith_admin
 
 ## SOURCES
 
 # A few tools are just thin wrappers around crm_attribute.
 # This makes their help get updated when crm_attribute changes
 # (see mk/common.mk).
 MAN8DEPS		= crm_attribute
 
 crmadmin_SOURCES	= crmadmin.c
 crmadmin_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crmadmin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 crmadmin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crmadmin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_error_SOURCES	= crm_error.c
 crm_error_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_error_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 cibadmin_SOURCES	= cibadmin.c
 cibadmin_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 cibadmin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 cibadmin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_shadow_SOURCES	= crm_shadow.c
 crm_shadow_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_shadow_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_node_SOURCES	= crm_node.c
 crm_node_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_node_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_node_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_simulate_SOURCES	= crm_simulate.c
 crm_simulate_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_simulate_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 crm_simulate_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_simulate_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_diff_SOURCES	= crm_diff.c
 crm_diff_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_mon_SOURCES		= crm_mon.c crm_mon_curses.c
 crm_mon_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_mon_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 crm_mon_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/fencing/libstonithd.la
 crm_mon_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_mon_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 crm_mon_LDADD += $(CURSES_LIBS)
 
 crm_verify_SOURCES	= crm_verify.c
 crm_verify_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_verify_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 crm_verify_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_verify_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_attribute_SOURCES	= crm_attribute.c
 crm_attribute_LDADD	= $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_attribute_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_attribute_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_resource_SOURCES	= crm_resource.c		\
 			  crm_resource_ban.c		\
 			  crm_resource_print.c		\
 			  crm_resource_runtime.c
 crm_resource_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
-crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_rules.la
 crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/lrmd/liblrmd.la
 crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/fencing/libstonithd.la
 crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/services/libcrmservice.la
 crm_resource_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_rule_SOURCES 	= crm_rule.c
 crm_rule_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_rule_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 crm_rule_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
-crm_rule_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_rules.la
 crm_rule_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 iso8601_SOURCES		= iso8601.c
 iso8601_LDADD		= $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 attrd_updater_SOURCES	= attrd_updater.c
 attrd_updater_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 attrd_updater_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 crm_ticket_SOURCES	= crm_ticket.c
 crm_ticket_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 crm_ticket_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
-crm_ticket_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_rules.la
 crm_ticket_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 crm_ticket_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 stonith_admin_SOURCES	= stonith_admin.c
 stonith_admin_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/lib/pacemaker/libpacemaker.la
 stonith_admin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/pengine/libpe_status.la
 stonith_admin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/cib/libcib.la
 stonith_admin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/fencing/libstonithd.la
 stonith_admin_LDADD += $(top_builddir)/lib/common/libcrmcommon.la
 
 CLEANFILES = $(man8_MANS)