diff --git a/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am b/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am
index 3560d24613..77bc28e91f 100644
--- a/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/crm/pengine/Makefile.am
@@ -1,22 +1,23 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2006-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors
+# Copyright 2006-2024 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.
 #
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES    = Makefile.in
 
 headerdir=$(pkgincludedir)/crm/pengine
 
 noinst_HEADERS		= internal.h 			\
 			  $(wildcard *_internal.h)
 header_HEADERS		= common.h 		\
 			  complex.h 		\
 			  pe_types.h 		\
 			  rules.h 		\
 			  status.h 		\
 			  common_compat.h	\
 			  pe_types_compat.h	\
-			  rules_compat.h
+			  rules_compat.h	\
+			  status_compat.h
diff --git a/include/crm/pengine/status.h b/include/crm/pengine/status.h
index 9c8542550e..9727230272 100644
--- a/include/crm/pengine/status.h
+++ b/include/crm/pengine/status.h
@@ -1,113 +1,104 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2004-2023 the Pacemaker project contributors
+ * 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 Lesser General Public License
  * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
  */
 
 #ifndef PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_STATUS__H
 #  define PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_STATUS__H
 
 #  include <glib.h>                 // gboolean
 #  include <stdbool.h>              // bool
 #  include <crm/common/util.h>      // pcmk_is_set()
 #  include <crm/common/iso8601.h>
 #  include <crm/pengine/common.h>
 #  include <crm/pengine/pe_types.h> // pcmk_node_t, pcmk_resource_t, etc.
 #  include <crm/pengine/complex.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 /*!
  * \file
  * \brief Cluster status and scheduling
  * \ingroup pengine
  */
 
 const char *rsc_printable_id(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc);
 gboolean cluster_status(pcmk_scheduler_t *scheduler);
 pcmk_scheduler_t *pe_new_working_set(void);
 void pe_free_working_set(pcmk_scheduler_t *scheduler);
 void set_working_set_defaults(pcmk_scheduler_t *scheduler);
 void cleanup_calculations(pcmk_scheduler_t *scheduler);
 void pe_reset_working_set(pcmk_scheduler_t *scheduler);
 pcmk_resource_t *pe_find_resource(GList *rsc_list, const char *id_rh);
 pcmk_resource_t *pe_find_resource_with_flags(GList *rsc_list, const char *id,
                                              enum pe_find flags);
 pcmk_node_t *pe_find_node(const GList *node_list, const char *node_name);
 pcmk_node_t *pe_find_node_id(const GList *node_list, const char *id);
 pcmk_node_t *pe_find_node_any(const GList *node_list, const char *id,
                             const char *node_name);
 GList *find_operations(const char *rsc, const char *node, gboolean active_filter,
                          pcmk_scheduler_t *scheduler);
 void calculate_active_ops(const GList *sorted_op_list, int *start_index,
                           int *stop_index);
 int pe_bundle_replicas(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc);
 
 /*!
  * \brief Check whether a resource is any clone type
  *
  * \param[in] rsc  Resource to check
  *
  * \return true if resource is clone, false otherwise
  */
 static inline bool
 pe_rsc_is_clone(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc)
 {
     return (rsc != NULL) && (rsc->variant == pcmk_rsc_variant_clone);
 }
 
-/*!
- * \brief Check whether a resource is a globally unique clone
- *
- * \param[in] rsc  Resource to check
- *
- * \return true if resource is unique clone, false otherwise
- */
-static inline bool
-pe_rsc_is_unique_clone(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc)
-{
-    return pe_rsc_is_clone(rsc) && pcmk_is_set(rsc->flags, pcmk_rsc_unique);
-}
-
 /*!
  * \brief Check whether a resource is an anonymous clone
  *
  * \param[in] rsc  Resource to check
  *
  * \return true if resource is anonymous clone, false otherwise
  */
 static inline bool
 pe_rsc_is_anon_clone(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc)
 {
     return pe_rsc_is_clone(rsc) && !pcmk_is_set(rsc->flags, pcmk_rsc_unique);
 }
 
 /*!
  * \brief Check whether a resource is part of a bundle
  *
  * \param[in] rsc  Resource to check
  *
  * \return true if resource is part of a bundle, false otherwise
  */
 static inline bool
 pe_rsc_is_bundled(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc)
 {
     if (rsc == NULL) {
         return false;
     }
     while (rsc->parent != NULL) {
         rsc = rsc->parent;
     }
     return rsc->variant == pcmk_rsc_variant_bundle;
 }
 
+#if !defined(PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED) || (PCMK_ALLOW_DEPRECATED == 1)
+#include <crm/pengine/status_compat.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/crm/pengine/status_compat.h b/include/crm/pengine/status_compat.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d80cf6f025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/crm/pengine/status_compat.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * 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 Lesser General Public License
+ * version 2.1 or later (LGPLv2.1+) WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
+ */
+
+#ifndef PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_STATUS_COMPAT__H
+#define PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_STATUS_COMPAT__H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>                // bool
+#include <crm/common/util.h>        // pcmk_is_set()
+#include <crm/common/scheduler.h>   // pcmk_resource_t, pcmk_rsc_unique
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * \file
+ * \brief Deprecated Pacemaker scheduler utilities
+ * \ingroup pengine
+ * \deprecated Do not include this header directly. The utilities in this
+ *             header, and the header itself, will be removed in a future
+ *             release.
+ */
+
+//! \deprecated Compare variant and flags directly
+static inline bool
+pe_rsc_is_unique_clone(const pcmk_resource_t *rsc)
+{
+    return pe_rsc_is_clone(rsc) && pcmk_is_set(rsc->flags, pcmk_rsc_unique);
+}
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif // PCMK__CRM_PENGINE_STATUS_COMPAT__H