diff --git a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ReplaceValueStream.java b/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ReplaceValueStream.java
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--- a/kubernetes-client-api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/utils/ReplaceValueStream.java
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-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import static io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Utils.interpolateString;
-
-/**
- * Replaces template parameter values in the stream to avoid
- * parsing issues of templates with numeric expressions
- *
- * @deprecated to be removed in future versions
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class ReplaceValueStream {
-  private final Map<String, String> valuesMap;
-
-  /**
-   * Returns a stream with the template parameter expressions replaced
-   *
-   * @param is {@link InputStream} inputstream for
-   * @param valuesMap a hashmap containing parameters
-   * @return returns stream with template parameter expressions replaced
-   * @throws IOException in case of any network/object parse problems
-   */
-  public static InputStream replaceValues(InputStream is, Map<String, String> valuesMap) throws IOException {
-    return new ReplaceValueStream(valuesMap).createInputStream(is);
-  }
-
-  private ReplaceValueStream(Map<String, String> valuesMap) {
-    this.valuesMap = valuesMap;
-  }
-
-  private InputStream createInputStream(InputStream is) throws IOException {
-    return new ByteArrayInputStream(
-        interpolateString(IOHelpers.readFully(is), valuesMap).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-  }
-}