diff --git a/NewAndNoteworthy/CHANGELOG-API.md b/NewAndNoteworthy/CHANGELOG-API.md
index 63a743cdd3c..20055184f4f 100644
--- a/NewAndNoteworthy/CHANGELOG-API.md
+++ b/NewAndNoteworthy/CHANGELOG-API.md
@@ -616,3 +616,13 @@ These APIs will be removed and are replaced by versions with `requestor` paramet
 - org.eclipse.tm.internal.terminal.control.ITerminalViewControl.setTerminalTitle(String)
 
 See https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/issues/494
+
+## API Removals after December 2025
+
+### Remove unreferenced methods in CDT
+
+These APIs will be removed as they aren't used in CDT and have no known use case outside CDT either.
+
+- org.eclipse.cdt.core.build.CBuildConfiguration.getScannerInfoCache()
+
+See https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/issues/558
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/build/CBuildConfiguration.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/build/CBuildConfiguration.java
index a93cf89bcab..1d3c2edf9ba 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/build/CBuildConfiguration.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/build/CBuildConfiguration.java
@@ -676,7 +676,9 @@ public abstract class CBuildConfiguration extends PlatformObject implements ICBu
 
 	/**
 	 * @since 6.1
+	 * @deprecated This method was never used in CDT.
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true)
 	protected ScannerInfoCache getScannerInfoCache() {
 		return scannerInfoCache;
 	}