diff --git a/dune/solvers/common/genericvectortools.hh b/dune/solvers/common/genericvectortools.hh
index 269b8ff4512b1cba8e8e73a0d42f244867c2c9e5..50d2641e742f97694c5a4999d494270363224adf 100644
--- a/dune/solvers/common/genericvectortools.hh
+++ b/dune/solvers/common/genericvectortools.hh
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 struct GenericVector
 {
 
+
     //! Write vector to given stream
     template <class VectorType>
+    DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Please use Dune::MatrixVector::Generic::writeBinary instead.")
     static void writeBinary(std::ostream& s, const VectorType& v)
     {
       Dune::MatrixVector::Generic::writeBinary(s, v);
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ struct GenericVector
 
     //! Read vector from a given stream
     template <class VectorType>
+    DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Please use Dune::MatrixVector::Generic::readBinary instead.")
     static void readBinary(std::istream& s, VectorType& v)
     {
         Dune::MatrixVector::Generic::readBinary(s, v);
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ struct GenericVector
 
     //! Set vector to zero at indices that are true in bitvector recursivly
     template <class VectorType, class BitVectorType>
+    DUNE_DEPRECATED_MSG("Please use Dune::MatrixVector::Generic::truncate instead.")
     static void truncate(VectorType& v, const BitVectorType& tr)
     {
         Dune::MatrixVector::Generic::truncate(v, tr);