diff --git a/primitives/src/services/sources.rs b/primitives/src/services/sources.rs
index d1e404de7..db59622d2 100644
--- a/primitives/src/services/sources.rs
+++ b/primitives/src/services/sources.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ pub struct GithubFetcher<C: Constraints> {
 #[codec(decode_bound(skip_type_params(C)))]
 #[codec(mel_bound(skip_type_params(C)))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(bound = ""))]
+#[deprecated(
+	since = "1.4.4",
+	note = "No longer used for its initial purpose, may be used in the future to allow for testing with a local manager-in-node setup"
+)]
 pub struct TestFetcher<C: Constraints> {
 	/// The cargo package name that contains the blueprint logic
 	pub cargo_package: BoundedString<C::MaxBinaryNameLength>,
diff --git a/tangle-subxt/README.md b/tangle-subxt/README.md
index f5a970abe..fb7634837 100644
--- a/tangle-subxt/README.md
+++ b/tangle-subxt/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ subxt codegen --file metadata/tangle-testnet-runtime.scale \
     --derive Eq \
     --derive PartialEq \
     --attributes-for-type tangle_primitives::services::field::Field='#[codec(dumb_trait_bound)]' \
+    --attributes-for-type tangle_primitives::services::sources::TestFetcher='#[deprecated(since = "1.4.4")]' \
     --derive-for-type tangle_primitives::services::service::ServiceBlueprint=serde::Serialize,recursive \
     --derive-for-type tangle_primitives::services::service::ServiceBlueprint=serde::Deserialize,recursive | rustfmt --edition=2021 --emit=stdout > src/tangle_testnet_runtime.rs
 ```
diff --git a/tangle-subxt/metadata/tangle-testnet-runtime.scale b/tangle-subxt/metadata/tangle-testnet-runtime.scale
index 5831a5ef4..e2ad415f1 100644
Binary files a/tangle-subxt/metadata/tangle-testnet-runtime.scale and b/tangle-subxt/metadata/tangle-testnet-runtime.scale differ
diff --git a/tangle-subxt/src/tangle_testnet_runtime.rs b/tangle-subxt/src/tangle_testnet_runtime.rs
index 2fbd89208..b2491f2bb 100644
--- a/tangle-subxt/src/tangle_testnet_runtime.rs
+++ b/tangle-subxt/src/tangle_testnet_runtime.rs
@@ -75354,6 +75354,7 @@ pub mod api {
 					# [codec (crate = :: subxt_core :: ext :: codec)]
 					#[codec(dumb_trait_bound)]
 					#[decode_as_type(crate_path = ":: subxt_core :: ext :: scale_decode")]
+					#[deprecated(since = "1.4.4")]
 					#[encode_as_type(crate_path = ":: subxt_core :: ext :: scale_encode")]
 					pub struct TestFetcher {
 						pub cargo_package: