diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/Node.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/Node.java
index 8bc5fabbe6..e38a046263 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/Node.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/Node.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.InternalApi;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.Attribute;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.DeprecatedAttribute;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.internal.DeprecatedAttribute;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.dfa.DataFlowNode;
 
 /**
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/Attribute.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/Attribute.java
index 9cf3a30f04..cee0734a9c 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/Attribute.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/Attribute.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.Experimental;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.internal.DeprecatedAttribute;
 
 /**
  * Represents an XPath attribute of a specific node.
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/DeprecatedAttribute.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/internal/DeprecatedAttribute.java
similarity index 92%
rename from pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/DeprecatedAttribute.java
rename to pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/internal/DeprecatedAttribute.java
index 30eb49df05..97346d92a7 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/DeprecatedAttribute.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/xpath/internal/DeprecatedAttribute.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
  */
 
-package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath;
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.internal;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
diff --git a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/DummyNodeWithDeprecatedAttribute.java b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/DummyNodeWithDeprecatedAttribute.java
index 1eaa4f0486..7deca9984b 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/DummyNodeWithDeprecatedAttribute.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/ast/DummyNodeWithDeprecatedAttribute.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.DeprecatedAttribute;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.xpath.internal.DeprecatedAttribute;
 
 /**
  * @author Clément Fournier