Deprecation notice
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 095c384..4e51219 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 
 This repo is for remaining backwards compatible with previous versions of Cordova.
 
+## Deprecated
+
+> This plugin is no longer being worked on as the functionality provided by this plugin is now included in cordova-android 6.3.0. You should upgrade your application to use version 1.2.0 of this plugin. It will detect whether or not the plugin is required based on the version of cordova-android your app uses.
+
 ## USAGE
 
 Your plugin can depend on this plugin and use it to handle the new run time permissions Android 6.0.0 (cordova-android 5.0.0) introduced. 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 17720f8..65b54cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,37 +1,31 @@
 {
-    "name": "cordova-plugin-compat",
-    "description": "This repo is for remaining backwards compatible with previous versions of Cordova.",
-    "version": "1.2.0-dev",
-    "homepage": "http://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-compat#readme",
-    "repository": {
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "git://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-compat.git"
-    },
-    "bugs": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-compat/issues"
-    },
-    "cordova": {
-        "id": "cordova-plugin-compat",
-        "platforms": [
-            "android"
-        ]
-    },
-    "keywords": [
-        "ecosystem:cordova",
-        "ecosystem:phonegap",
-        "cordova-android"
-    ],
-    "engines": {
-        "cordovaDependencies": {
-            "<1.2.0": {
-                "cordova": ">=5.0.0"
-            },
-            ">=1.2.0": {
-                "cordova": ">=5.0.0",
-                "cordova-android": "<6.3.0"
-            }
-        }
-    },
-    "author": "Apache Software Foundation",
-    "license": "Apache-2.0"
+  "name": "cordova-plugin-compat",
+  "description": "[DEPRECATED] This repo is for remaining backwards compatible with previous versions of Cordova.",
+  "version": "1.2.0-dev",
+  "homepage": "http://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-compat#readme",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-compat.git"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-compat/issues"
+  },
+  "cordova": {
+    "id": "cordova-plugin-compat",
+    "platforms": ["android"]
+  },
+  "keywords": ["ecosystem:cordova", "ecosystem:phonegap", "cordova-android"],
+  "engines": {
+    "cordovaDependencies": {
+      "<1.2.0": {
+        "cordova": ">=5.0.0"
+      },
+      ">=1.2.0": {
+        "cordova": ">=5.0.0",
+        "cordova-android": "<6.3.0"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "author": "Apache Software Foundation",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }
diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index 28e1b73..cc35e1e 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
 <!--
   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -18,25 +17,21 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
-
-<plugin xmlns="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/plugins/1.0"
-           id="cordova-plugin-compat"
-      version="1.2.0-dev">
-    <name>Compat</name>
-    <description>Cordova Compatibility Plugin</description>
-    <license>Apache 2.0</license>
-    <keywords>cordova,compat</keywords>
-    <repo>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-compat.git</repo>
-
-    <engines>
-      <engine name="cordova" version=">=5.0.0"/>
-      <engine name="cordova-android" version="<6.3.0"/>
+<plugin 
+  xmlns="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/plugins/1.0" id="cordova-plugin-compat" version="1.2.0-dev">
+  <name>Compat</name>
+  <description>[DEPRECATED] Cordova Compatibility Plugin</description>
+  <license>Apache 2.0</license>
+  <keywords>cordova,compat</keywords>
+  <repo>https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cordova-plugin-compat.git</repo>
+  <engines>
+    <engine name="cordova" version=">=5.0.0"/>
+    <engine name="cordova-android" version="
+      <6.3.0"/>
     </engines>
-
     <!-- android -->
     <platform name="android">
       <source-file src="src/android/PermissionHelper.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova" />
       <source-file src="src/android/BuildHelper.java" target-dir="src/org/apache/cordova" />
     </platform>
-
-</plugin>
+  </plugin>
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