diff --git a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
index 4c43a2f12b..b35dd9dfd9 100644
--- a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
+++ b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala
@@ -319,12 +319,15 @@ private[pekko] object BalancingDispatcherConfigurator {
 }
 
 /**
+ * INTERNAL API
+ *
  * Configurator for creating `BalancingDispatcher`.
  * Returns the same dispatcher instance for each invocation
  * of the `dispatcher()` method.
  */
+@deprecated("Use BalancingPool instead of BalancingDispatcherConfigurator", "Pekko 2.0.0")
 @nowarn("msg=deprecated")
-class BalancingDispatcherConfigurator(_config: Config, _prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites)
+private[pekko] class BalancingDispatcherConfigurator(_config: Config, _prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites)
     extends MessageDispatcherConfigurator(BalancingDispatcherConfigurator.amendConfig(_config), _prerequisites) {
 
   private val instance = {
diff --git a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/routing/Balancing.scala b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/routing/Balancing.scala
index 309001dd4b..cfa996f803 100644
--- a/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/routing/Balancing.scala
+++ b/actor/src/main/scala/org/apache/pekko/routing/Balancing.scala
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ private[pekko] final class BalancingRoutingLogic extends RoutingLogic {
  * @param routerDispatcher dispatcher to use for the router head actor, which handles
  *   supervision, death watch and router management messages
  */
+@nowarn("msg=deprecated")
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
 final case class BalancingPool(
     nrOfInstances: Int,