diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcOperations.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcOperations.java
index 601c83a77cd..f6bb7190a09 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcOperations.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcOperations.java
@@ -1042,7 +1042,10 @@ public interface JdbcOperations {
 	 * {@link java.sql.Statement#SUCCESS_NO_INFO}/{@link java.sql.Statement#EXECUTE_FAILED})
 	 * @throws DataAccessException if there is any problem issuing the update
 	 * @since 3.1
+	 * @deprecated as of 7.1, in favor of single batchUpdate calls which execute the
+	 * entire batch (since modern databases do not restrict the batch size anymore)
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "7.1")
 	<T> int[][] batchUpdate(String sql, Collection<T> batchArgs, int batchSize,
 			ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter<T> pss) throws DataAccessException;
 
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcTemplate.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcTemplate.java
index cd3c04cfcd2..94f307a16d1 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/JdbcTemplate.java
@@ -1087,6 +1087,7 @@ public class JdbcTemplate extends JdbcAccessor implements JdbcOperations {
 				});
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated(since = "7.1")
 	@Override
 	public <T> int[][] batchUpdate(String sql, Collection<T> batchArgs, int batchSize,
 			ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter<T> pss) throws DataAccessException {
diff --git a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter.java b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter.java
index 9c7fe9f1059..fd75c9d9012 100644
--- a/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter.java
+++ b/spring-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/jdbc/core/ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter.java
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
  * @author Thomas Risberg
  * @since 3.1
  * @param <T> the argument type
- * @see JdbcTemplate#batchUpdate(String, java.util.Collection, int, ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter)
+ * @deprecated as of 7.1, along with
+ * {@link JdbcTemplate#batchUpdate(String, java.util.Collection, int, ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter)}
  */
+@Deprecated(since = "7.1")
 @FunctionalInterface
 public interface ParameterizedPreparedStatementSetter<T> {