diff --git a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/IServiceClassLoaderFactory.java b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/IServiceClassLoaderFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d8db5acc05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/IServiceClassLoaderFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.mule.runtime.module.service.api.artifact;
+
+import org.mule.runtime.container.api.ContainerDependantArtifactClassLoaderFactory;
+
+public interface IServiceClassLoaderFactory extends ContainerDependantArtifactClassLoaderFactory<ServiceDescriptor> {
+}
diff --git a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactory.java b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactory.java
index 42e82f60c13..9d53e12c016 100644
--- a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactory.java
+++ b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactory.java
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@
 /**
  * Creates {@link ArtifactClassLoader} for service descriptors.
  *
+ * @deprecated since 4.8, use {@link IServiceClassLoaderFactory}
  */
-// TODO W-12780081 - remove usages of deprecated creation method
+@Deprecated
 public class ServiceClassLoaderFactory
     implements ArtifactClassLoaderFactory<ServiceDescriptor>, ContainerDependantArtifactClassLoaderFactory<ServiceDescriptor> {
 
diff --git a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactoryProvider.java b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactoryProvider.java
index e5bf2d50af7..6217690e558 100644
--- a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactoryProvider.java
+++ b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceClassLoaderFactoryProvider.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * previous implementation.
  * 
  * @since 4.5
+ * @deprecated since 4.8, use {@link ServiceClassLoaderFactoryProvider} instead.
  */
 public class ServiceClassLoaderFactoryProvider {
 
diff --git a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceModuleLayerFactory.java b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceModuleLayerFactory.java
index e45fe2b8b60..7913fabe0bb 100644
--- a/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceModuleLayerFactory.java
+++ b/modules/service/src/main/java/org/mule/runtime/module/service/api/artifact/ServiceModuleLayerFactory.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Creates {@link ArtifactClassLoader} for service descriptors.
+ * @deprecated since 4.8, see {@link IServiceClassLoaderFactory}
  */
 class ServiceModuleLayerFactory extends ServiceClassLoaderFactory {