diff --git a/include/libxml/xmlIO.h b/include/libxml/xmlIO.h
index 61dea7da..4165bb38 100644
--- a/include/libxml/xmlIO.h
+++ b/include/libxml/xmlIO.h
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void
 
 #endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
 
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN xmlParserInputPtr
 	xmlCheckHTTPInput		(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt,
 					 xmlParserInputPtr ret);
@@ -340,10 +341,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN xmlParserInputPtr
 					 const char *ID,
 					 xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt);
 
-/*
- * xmlNormalizeWindowsPath is obsolete, don't use it.
- * Check xmlCanonicPath in uri.h for a better alternative.
- */
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN xmlChar *
 	xmlNormalizeWindowsPath		(const xmlChar *path);
 
@@ -372,19 +370,24 @@ XMLPUBFUN int
  * Default 'http://' protocol callbacks
  */
 #ifdef LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlIOHTTPMatch			(const char *filename);
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN void *
 	xmlIOHTTPOpen			(const char *filename);
 #ifdef LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN void *
 	xmlIOHTTPOpenW			(const char * post_uri,
 					 int   compression );
 #endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlIOHTTPRead			(void * context,
 					 char * buffer,
 					 int len);
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlIOHTTPClose			(void * context);
 #endif /* LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED */
@@ -393,14 +396,18 @@ XMLPUBFUN int
  * Default 'ftp://' protocol callbacks
  */
 #if defined(LIBXML_FTP_ENABLED)
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlIOFTPMatch			(const char *filename);
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN void *
 	xmlIOFTPOpen			(const char *filename);
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlIOFTPRead			(void * context,
 					 char * buffer,
 					 int len);
+XML_DEPRECATED
 XMLPUBFUN int
 	xmlIOFTPClose			(void * context);
 #endif /* defined(LIBXML_FTP_ENABLED) */
diff --git a/python/generator.py b/python/generator.py
index 1f1c8650..2875cbb7 100755
--- a/python/generator.py
+++ b/python/generator.py
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ deprecated_funcs = {
     'xmlInitGlobals': True,
     'xmlInitializeDict': True,
     'xmlInitializePredefinedEntities': True,
+    'xmlIOFTPMatch': True,
+    'xmlIOHTTPMatch': True,
     'xmlIsRef': True,
     'xmlKeepBlanksDefault': True,
     'xmlLineNumbersDefault': True,
@@ -326,6 +328,7 @@ deprecated_funcs = {
     'xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy': True,
     'xmlNewGlobalNs': True,
     'xmlNextChar': True,
+    'xmlNormalizeWindowsPath': True,
     'xmlParseAttValue': True,
     'xmlParseAttributeListDecl': True,
     'xmlParseCDSect': True,
diff --git a/xmlIO.c b/xmlIO.c
index 6b35c006..dfb4441a 100644
--- a/xmlIO.c
+++ b/xmlIO.c
@@ -493,8 +493,7 @@ xmlWrapStatUtf8(const char *path, struct _stat *info) {
  * xmlNormalizeWindowsPath:
  * @path: the input file path
  *
- * This function is obsolete. Please see xmlURIFromPath in uri.c for
- * a better solution.
+ * DEPRECATED: See xmlURIFromPath in uri.c for a better solution.
  *
  * Returns a canonicalized version of the path
  */
@@ -1305,371 +1304,19 @@ xmlXzfileClose (void * context) {
 }
 #endif /* LIBXML_LZMA_ENABLED */
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED
 /************************************************************************
  *									*
  *			I/O for HTTP file accesses			*
  *									*
  ************************************************************************/
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED
-typedef struct xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxt_
-{
-    int			compression;
-
-    char *		uri;
-
-    void *		doc_buff;
-
-} xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxt, *xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxtPtr;
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
-
-#define DFLT_WBITS		( -15 )
-#define DFLT_MEM_LVL		( 8 )
-#define GZ_MAGIC1		( 0x1f )
-#define GZ_MAGIC2		( 0x8b )
-#define LXML_ZLIB_OS_CODE	( 0x03 )
-#define INIT_HTTP_BUFF_SIZE	( 32768 )
-#define DFLT_ZLIB_RATIO		( 5 )
-
-/*
-**  Data structure and functions to work with sending compressed data
-**  via HTTP.
-*/
-
-typedef struct xmlZMemBuff_
-{
-   unsigned long	size;
-   unsigned long	crc;
-
-   unsigned char *	zbuff;
-   z_stream		zctrl;
-
-} xmlZMemBuff, *xmlZMemBuffPtr;
-
-/**
- * append_reverse_ulong
- * @buff:  Compressed memory buffer
- * @data:  Unsigned long to append
- *
- * Append a unsigned long in reverse byte order to the end of the
- * memory buffer.
- */
-static void
-append_reverse_ulong( xmlZMemBuff * buff, unsigned long data ) {
-
-    int		idx;
-
-    if ( buff == NULL )
-	return;
-
-    /*
-    **  This is plagiarized from putLong in gzio.c (zlib source) where
-    **  the number "4" is hardcoded.  If zlib is ever patched to
-    **  support 64 bit file sizes, this code would need to be patched
-    **  as well.
-    */
-
-    for ( idx = 0; idx < 4; idx++ ) {
-	*buff->zctrl.next_out = ( data & 0xff );
-	data >>= 8;
-	buff->zctrl.next_out++;
-    }
-
-    return;
-}
-
-/**
- *
- * xmlFreeZMemBuff
- * @buff:  The memory buffer context to clear
- *
- * Release all the resources associated with the compressed memory buffer.
- */
-static void
-xmlFreeZMemBuff( xmlZMemBuffPtr buff ) {
-
-    if ( buff == NULL )
-	return;
-
-    xmlFree( buff->zbuff );
-    deflateEnd( &buff->zctrl );
-
-    xmlFree( buff );
-    return;
-}
-
-/**
- * xmlCreateZMemBuff
- *@compression:	Compression value to use
- *
- * Create a memory buffer to hold the compressed XML document.  The
- * compressed document in memory will end up being identical to what
- * would be created if gzopen/gzwrite/gzclose were being used to
- * write the document to disk.  The code for the header/trailer data to
- * the compression is plagiarized from the zlib source files.
- */
-static void *
-xmlCreateZMemBuff( int compression ) {
-
-    int			z_err;
-    int			hdr_lgth;
-    xmlZMemBuffPtr	buff = NULL;
-
-    if ( ( compression < 1 ) || ( compression > 9 ) )
-	return ( NULL );
-
-    /*  Create the control and data areas  */
-
-    buff = xmlMalloc( sizeof( xmlZMemBuff ) );
-    if ( buff == NULL ) {
-	xmlIOErrMemory();
-	return ( NULL );
-    }
-
-    (void)memset( buff, 0, sizeof( xmlZMemBuff ) );
-    buff->size = INIT_HTTP_BUFF_SIZE;
-    buff->zbuff = xmlMalloc( buff->size );
-    if ( buff->zbuff == NULL ) {
-	xmlFreeZMemBuff( buff );
-	xmlIOErrMemory();
-	return ( NULL );
-    }
-
-    z_err = deflateInit2( &buff->zctrl, compression, Z_DEFLATED,
-			    DFLT_WBITS, DFLT_MEM_LVL, Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY );
-    if ( z_err != Z_OK ) {
-	xmlChar msg[500];
-	xmlFreeZMemBuff( buff );
-	buff = NULL;
-	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		    "xmlCreateZMemBuff:  %s %d\n",
-		    "Error initializing compression context.  ZLIB error:",
-		    z_err );
-	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-	return ( NULL );
-    }
-
-    /*  Set the header data.  The CRC will be needed for the trailer  */
-    buff->crc = crc32( 0L, NULL, 0 );
-    hdr_lgth = snprintf( (char *)buff->zbuff, buff->size,
-			"%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c",
-			GZ_MAGIC1, GZ_MAGIC2, Z_DEFLATED,
-			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, LXML_ZLIB_OS_CODE );
-    buff->zctrl.next_out  = buff->zbuff + hdr_lgth;
-    buff->zctrl.avail_out = buff->size - hdr_lgth;
-
-    return ( buff );
-}
-
-/**
- * xmlZMemBuffExtend
- * @buff:  Buffer used to compress and consolidate data.
- * @ext_amt:   Number of bytes to extend the buffer.
- *
- * Extend the internal buffer used to store the compressed data by the
- * specified amount.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success or -1 on failure to extend the buffer.  On failure
- * the original buffer still exists at the original size.
- */
-static int
-xmlZMemBuffExtend( xmlZMemBuffPtr buff, size_t ext_amt ) {
-
-    int			rc = -1;
-    size_t		new_size;
-    size_t		cur_used;
-
-    unsigned char *	tmp_ptr = NULL;
-
-    if ( buff == NULL )
-	return ( -1 );
-
-    else if ( ext_amt == 0 )
-	return ( 0 );
-
-    cur_used = buff->zctrl.next_out - buff->zbuff;
-    new_size = buff->size + ext_amt;
-
-    tmp_ptr = xmlRealloc( buff->zbuff, new_size );
-    if ( tmp_ptr != NULL ) {
-	rc = 0;
-	buff->size  = new_size;
-	buff->zbuff = tmp_ptr;
-	buff->zctrl.next_out  = tmp_ptr + cur_used;
-	buff->zctrl.avail_out = new_size - cur_used;
-    }
-    else {
-	xmlChar msg[500];
-	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		    "xmlZMemBuffExtend:  %s %lu bytes.\n",
-		    "Allocation failure extending output buffer to",
-		    (unsigned long) new_size );
-	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-    }
-
-    return ( rc );
-}
-
-/**
- * xmlZMemBuffAppend
- * @buff:  Buffer used to compress and consolidate data
- * @src:   Uncompressed source content to append to buffer
- * @len:   Length of source data to append to buffer
- *
- * Compress and append data to the internal buffer.  The data buffer
- * will be expanded if needed to store the additional data.
- *
- * Returns the number of bytes appended to the buffer or -1 on error.
- */
-static int
-xmlZMemBuffAppend( xmlZMemBuffPtr buff, const char * src, int len ) {
-
-    int		z_err;
-    size_t	min_accept;
-
-    if ( ( buff == NULL ) || ( src == NULL ) )
-	return ( -1 );
-
-    buff->zctrl.avail_in = len;
-    buff->zctrl.next_in  = (unsigned char *)src;
-    while ( buff->zctrl.avail_in > 0 ) {
-	/*
-	**  Extend the buffer prior to deflate call if a reasonable amount
-	**  of output buffer space is not available.
-	*/
-	min_accept = buff->zctrl.avail_in / DFLT_ZLIB_RATIO;
-	if ( buff->zctrl.avail_out <= min_accept ) {
-	    if ( xmlZMemBuffExtend( buff, buff->size ) == -1 )
-		return ( -1 );
-	}
-
-	z_err = deflate( &buff->zctrl, Z_NO_FLUSH );
-	if ( z_err != Z_OK ) {
-	    xmlChar msg[500];
-	    xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-			"xmlZMemBuffAppend:  %s %d %s - %d",
-			"Compression error while appending",
-			len, "bytes to buffer.  ZLIB error", z_err );
-	    xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-	    return ( -1 );
-	}
-    }
-
-    buff->crc = crc32( buff->crc, (unsigned char *)src, len );
-
-    return ( len );
-}
-
-/**
- * xmlZMemBuffGetContent
- * @buff:  Compressed memory content buffer
- * @data_ref:  Pointer reference to point to compressed content
- *
- * Flushes the compression buffers, appends gzip file trailers and
- * returns the compressed content and length of the compressed data.
- * NOTE:  The gzip trailer code here is plagiarized from zlib source.
- *
- * Returns the length of the compressed data or -1 on error.
- */
-static int
-xmlZMemBuffGetContent( xmlZMemBuffPtr buff, char ** data_ref ) {
-
-    int		zlgth = -1;
-    int		z_err;
-
-    if ( ( buff == NULL ) || ( data_ref == NULL ) )
-	return ( -1 );
-
-    /*  Need to loop until compression output buffers are flushed  */
-
-    do
-    {
-	z_err = deflate( &buff->zctrl, Z_FINISH );
-	if ( z_err == Z_OK ) {
-	    /*  In this case Z_OK means more buffer space needed  */
-
-	    if ( xmlZMemBuffExtend( buff, buff->size ) == -1 )
-		return ( -1 );
-	}
-    }
-    while ( z_err == Z_OK );
-
-    /*  If the compression state is not Z_STREAM_END, some error occurred  */
-
-    if ( z_err == Z_STREAM_END ) {
-
-	/*  Need to append the gzip data trailer  */
-
-	if ( buff->zctrl.avail_out < ( 2 * sizeof( unsigned long ) ) ) {
-	    if ( xmlZMemBuffExtend(buff, (2 * sizeof(unsigned long))) == -1 )
-		return ( -1 );
-	}
-
-	/*
-	**  For whatever reason, the CRC and length data are pushed out
-	**  in reverse byte order.  So a memcpy can't be used here.
-	*/
-
-	append_reverse_ulong( buff, buff->crc );
-	append_reverse_ulong( buff, buff->zctrl.total_in );
-
-	zlgth = buff->zctrl.next_out - buff->zbuff;
-	*data_ref = (char *)buff->zbuff;
-    }
-
-    else {
-	xmlChar msg[500];
-	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		    "xmlZMemBuffGetContent:  %s - %d\n",
-		    "Error flushing zlib buffers.  Error code", z_err );
-	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-    }
-
-    return ( zlgth );
-}
-#endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
-#endif  /*  LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED  */
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED
-/**
- * xmlFreeHTTPWriteCtxt
- * @ctxt:  Context to cleanup
- *
- * Free allocated memory and reclaim system resources.
- *
- * No return value.
- */
-static void
-xmlFreeHTTPWriteCtxt( xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxtPtr ctxt )
-{
-    if ( ctxt->uri != NULL )
-	xmlFree( ctxt->uri );
-
-    if ( ctxt->doc_buff != NULL ) {
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
-	if ( ctxt->compression > 0 ) {
-	    xmlFreeZMemBuff( ctxt->doc_buff );
-	}
-	else
-#endif
-	{
-	    xmlOutputBufferClose( ctxt->doc_buff );
-	}
-    }
-
-    xmlFree( ctxt );
-    return;
-}
-#endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
-
-
+#ifdef LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED
 /**
  * xmlIOHTTPMatch:
  * @filename:  the URI for matching
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * check if the URI matches an HTTP one
  *
  * Returns 1 if matches, 0 otherwise
@@ -1685,6 +1332,8 @@ xmlIOHTTPMatch (const char *filename) {
  * xmlIOHTTPOpen:
  * @filename:  the URI for matching
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * open an HTTP I/O channel
  *
  * Returns an I/O context or NULL in case of error
@@ -1700,63 +1349,15 @@ xmlIOHTTPOpen (const char *filename) {
  * @post_uri:  The destination URI for the document
  * @compression:  The compression desired for the document.
  *
- * Open a temporary buffer to collect the document for a subsequent HTTP POST
- * request.  Non-static as is called from the output buffer creation routine.
+ * DEPRECATED: Support for HTTP POST has been removed.
  *
- * Returns an I/O context or NULL in case of error.
+ * Returns NULL.
  */
-
 void *
-xmlIOHTTPOpenW(const char *post_uri, int compression)
+xmlIOHTTPOpenW(const char *post_uri ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+               int compression ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
-
-    xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxtPtr ctxt = NULL;
-
-    (void) compression;
-
-    if (post_uri == NULL)
-        return (NULL);
-
-    ctxt = xmlMalloc(sizeof(xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxt));
-    if (ctxt == NULL) {
-	xmlIOErrMemory();
-        return (NULL);
-    }
-
-    (void) memset(ctxt, 0, sizeof(xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxt));
-
-    ctxt->uri = (char *) xmlStrdup((const xmlChar *)post_uri);
-    if (ctxt->uri == NULL) {
-	xmlIOErrMemory();
-        xmlFreeHTTPWriteCtxt(ctxt);
-        return (NULL);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * **  Since the document length is required for an HTTP post,
-     * **  need to put the document into a buffer.  A memory buffer
-     * **  is being used to avoid pushing the data to disk and back.
-     */
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
-    if ((compression > 0) && (compression <= 9)) {
-
-        ctxt->compression = compression;
-        ctxt->doc_buff = xmlCreateZMemBuff(compression);
-    } else
-#endif
-    {
-        /*  Any character conversions should have been done before this  */
-
-        ctxt->doc_buff = xmlAllocOutputBufferInternal(NULL);
-    }
-
-    if (ctxt->doc_buff == NULL) {
-        xmlFreeHTTPWriteCtxt(ctxt);
-        ctxt = NULL;
-    }
-
-    return (ctxt);
+    return(NULL);
 }
 #endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
 
@@ -1766,6 +1367,8 @@ xmlIOHTTPOpenW(const char *post_uri, int compression)
  * @buffer:  where to drop data
  * @len:  number of bytes to write
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * Read @len bytes to @buffer from the I/O channel.
  *
  * Returns the number of bytes written
@@ -1776,59 +1379,12 @@ xmlIOHTTPRead(void * context, char * buffer, int len) {
     return(xmlNanoHTTPRead(context, &buffer[0], len));
 }
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED
-/**
- * xmlIOHTTPWrite
- * @context:  previously opened writing context
- * @buffer:   data to output to temporary buffer
- * @len:      bytes to output
- *
- * Collect data from memory buffer into a temporary file for later
- * processing.
- *
- * Returns number of bytes written.
- */
-
-static int
-xmlIOHTTPWrite( void * context, const char * buffer, int len ) {
-
-    xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxtPtr	ctxt = context;
-
-    if ( ( ctxt == NULL ) || ( ctxt->doc_buff == NULL ) || ( buffer == NULL ) )
-	return ( -1 );
-
-    if ( len > 0 ) {
-
-	/*  Use gzwrite or fwrite as previously setup in the open call  */
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
-	if ( ctxt->compression > 0 )
-	    len = xmlZMemBuffAppend( ctxt->doc_buff, buffer, len );
-
-	else
-#endif
-	    len = xmlOutputBufferWrite( ctxt->doc_buff, len, buffer );
-
-	if ( len < 0 ) {
-	    xmlChar msg[500];
-	    xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-			"xmlIOHTTPWrite:  %s\n%s '%s'.\n",
-			"Error appending to internal buffer.",
-			"Error sending document to URI",
-			ctxt->uri );
-	    xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-	}
-    }
-
-    return ( len );
-}
-#endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
-
-
 /**
  * xmlIOHTTPClose:
  * @context:  the I/O context
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * Close an HTTP I/O channel
  *
  * Returns 0
@@ -1838,105 +1394,6 @@ xmlIOHTTPClose (void * context) {
     xmlNanoHTTPClose(context);
     return 0;
 }
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED
-/**
- * xmlIOHTTCloseWrite
- * @context:  The I/O context
- * @http_mthd: The HTTP method to be used when sending the data
- *
- * Close the transmit HTTP I/O channel and actually send the data.
- */
-static int
-xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite( void * context, const char * http_mthd ) {
-
-    int				close_rc = -1;
-    int				http_rtn = 0;
-    int				content_lgth = 0;
-    xmlIOHTTPWriteCtxtPtr	ctxt = context;
-
-    char *			http_content = NULL;
-    char *			content_encoding = NULL;
-    char *			content_type = (char *) "text/xml";
-    void *			http_ctxt = NULL;
-
-    if ( ( ctxt == NULL ) || ( http_mthd == NULL ) )
-	return ( -1 );
-
-    /*  Retrieve the content from the appropriate buffer  */
-
-#ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
-
-    if ( ctxt->compression > 0 ) {
-	content_lgth = xmlZMemBuffGetContent( ctxt->doc_buff, &http_content );
-	content_encoding = (char *) "Content-Encoding: gzip";
-    }
-    else
-#endif
-    {
-	/*  Pull the data out of the memory output buffer  */
-
-	xmlOutputBufferPtr	dctxt = ctxt->doc_buff;
-	http_content = (char *) xmlBufContent(dctxt->buffer);
-	content_lgth = xmlBufUse(dctxt->buffer);
-    }
-
-    if ( http_content == NULL ) {
-	xmlChar msg[500];
-	xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-		     "xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite:  %s '%s' %s '%s'.\n",
-		     "Error retrieving content.\nUnable to",
-		     http_mthd, "data to URI", ctxt->uri );
-	xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-    }
-
-    else {
-
-	http_ctxt = xmlNanoHTTPMethod( ctxt->uri, http_mthd, http_content,
-					&content_type, content_encoding,
-					content_lgth );
-
-	if ( http_ctxt != NULL ) {
-
-	    http_rtn = xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode( http_ctxt );
-	    if ( ( http_rtn >= 200 ) && ( http_rtn < 300 ) )
-		close_rc = 0;
-	    else {
-                xmlChar msg[500];
-                xmlStrPrintf(msg, 500,
-                      "xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite: HTTP '%s' of %d %s\n'%s' %s %d\n",
-			    http_mthd, content_lgth,
-			    "bytes to URI", ctxt->uri,
-			    "failed.  HTTP return code:", http_rtn );
-		xmlIOErr(XML_IO_WRITE, (const char *) msg);
-            }
-
-	    xmlNanoHTTPClose( http_ctxt );
-	    xmlFree( content_type );
-	}
-    }
-
-    /*  Final cleanups  */
-
-    xmlFreeHTTPWriteCtxt( ctxt );
-
-    return ( close_rc );
-}
-
-/**
- * xmlIOHTTPClosePut
- *
- * @context:  The I/O context
- *
- * Close the transmit HTTP I/O channel and actually send data using a PUT
- * HTTP method.
- */
-static int
-xmlIOHTTPClosePut( void * ctxt ) {
-    return ( xmlIOHTTPCloseWrite( ctxt, "PUT" ) );
-}
-#endif /* LIBXML_OUTPUT_ENABLED */
-
 #endif /* LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED */
 
 #ifdef LIBXML_FTP_ENABLED
@@ -1949,6 +1406,8 @@ xmlIOHTTPClosePut( void * ctxt ) {
  * xmlIOFTPMatch:
  * @filename:  the URI for matching
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * check if the URI matches an FTP one
  *
  * Returns 1 if matches, 0 otherwise
@@ -1964,6 +1423,8 @@ xmlIOFTPMatch (const char *filename) {
  * xmlIOFTPOpen:
  * @filename:  the URI for matching
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * open an FTP I/O channel
  *
  * Returns an I/O context or NULL in case of error
@@ -1979,6 +1440,8 @@ xmlIOFTPOpen (const char *filename) {
  * @buffer:  where to drop data
  * @len:  number of bytes to write
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * Read @len bytes to @buffer from the I/O channel.
  *
  * Returns the number of bytes written
@@ -1993,6 +1456,8 @@ xmlIOFTPRead(void * context, char * buffer, int len) {
  * xmlIOFTPClose:
  * @context:  the I/O context
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * Close an FTP I/O channel
  *
  * Returns 0
@@ -2124,18 +1589,6 @@ xmlOutputDefaultOpen(xmlOutputBufferPtr buf, const char *filename,
     (void) compression;
     (void) is_file_uri;
 
-#ifdef LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED
-    if (xmlIOHTTPMatch(filename)) {
-        buf->context = xmlIOHTTPOpenW(filename, compression);
-
-        if (buf->context != NULL) {
-            buf->writecallback = xmlIOHTTPWrite;
-            buf->closecallback = xmlIOHTTPClosePut;
-            return(XML_ERR_OK);
-        }
-    }
-#endif /* LIBXML_HTTP_ENABLED */
-
 #ifdef LIBXML_ZLIB_ENABLED
     if ((compression > 0) && (compression <= 9) && (is_file_uri == 1)) {
         buf->context = xmlGzfileOpenW(filename, compression);
@@ -3677,6 +3130,8 @@ xmlParserGetDirectory(const char *filename) {
  * @ctxt: an XML parser context
  * @ret: an XML parser input
  *
+ * DEPRECATED: Internal function, don't use.
+ *
  * Check an input in case it was created from an HTTP stream, in that
  * case it will handle encoding and update of the base URL in case of
  * redirection. It also checks for HTTP errors in which case the input
@@ -4142,7 +3597,7 @@ xmlCleanupOutputCallbacks(void)
 /**
  * xmlRegisterHTTPPostCallbacks:
  *
- * DEPRECATED: Has no effect.
+ * DEPRECATED: Support for HTTP POST has been removed.
  */
 void
 xmlRegisterHTTPPostCallbacks(void) {