diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a61506999..0cd3191a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ It currently consists of
 
 # Release Notes
 BOAT is still under development and subject to change.
+## 0.17.74
+* Swift5: Removed deprecated initializer from model objects. The initializer is now internal and only accessible through the Builder pattern, preventing breaking code from deprecation warnings.
+
 ## 0.17.73
 Added code related to generate webhook endpoints with different goal
 To add prehook and posthook request mappings for all the requests in spec yaml using webhooks.
diff --git a/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-swift5/modelObject.mustache b/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-swift5/modelObject.mustache
index b279ed134..725d44d0a 100644
--- a/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-swift5/modelObject.mustache
+++ b/boat-scaffold/src/main/templates/boat-swift5/modelObject.mustache
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 {{/allVars}}
 
 {{#hasVars}}
-    @available(*, deprecated, message: "This initializer is deprecated, use the initializer and the setters of {{classname}}.Builder class.")
-    {{#nonPublicApi}}internal{{/nonPublicApi}}{{^nonPublicApi}}public{{/nonPublicApi}} init({{#allVars}}{{name}}: {{{datatypeWithEnum}}}{{#required}}{{#isNullable}}? = nil{{/isNullable}}{{/required}}{{^required}}? = nil{{/required}}{{^-last}}, {{/-last}}{{/allVars}}) {
+    internal init({{#allVars}}{{name}}: {{{datatypeWithEnum}}}{{#required}}{{#isNullable}}? = nil{{/isNullable}}{{/required}}{{^required}}? = nil{{/required}}{{^-last}}, {{/-last}}{{/allVars}}) {
         {{#allVars}}
         self.{{name}} = {{name}}
         {{/allVars}}