diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+deprecation
 PyYAML
 systemd-python
-
diff --git a/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py b/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py
--- a/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py
+++ b/swh/core/api/asynchronous.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import traceback
 
 import aiohttp.web
+import deprecation
 import multidict
 
 from .serializers import msgpack_dumps, msgpack_loads, SWHJSONDecoder
@@ -48,7 +49,12 @@
     return middleware_handler
 
 
-class SWHRemoteAPI(aiohttp.web.Application):
+class SWHServerAPIApp(aiohttp.web.Application):
     def __init__(self, *args, middlewares=(), **kwargs):
         middlewares = (error_middleware,) + middlewares
         super().__init__(*args, middlewares=middlewares, **kwargs)
+
+
+SWHRemoteAPI = deprecation.deprecated(
+    deprecated_in='0.0.64',
+    details='Use the SWHServerAPIApp instead')(SWHServerAPIApp)