diff --git a/public/red/ui/palette.js b/public/red/ui/palette.js
index 0b7e14e9f..e02312350 100644
--- a/public/red/ui/palette.js
+++ b/public/red/ui/palette.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  
 RED.palette = function() {
 
-    var exclusion = ['config','unknown'];
+    var exclusion = ['config','unknown','deprecated'];
     var core = ['input', 'output', 'function', 'social', 'storage', 'analysis', 'advanced'];
     
     function createCategoryContainer(category){