diff --git a/demos/gtk-demo/font_features.c b/demos/gtk-demo/font_features.c
index 8d647fc946..8299b6461c 100644
--- a/demos/gtk-demo/font_features.c
+++ b/demos/gtk-demo/font_features.c
@@ -495,7 +495,11 @@ update_script_combo (void)
   gboolean have_active = FALSE;
 
   lang = gtk_font_chooser_get_language (GTK_FONT_CHOOSER (font));
+
+  G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
   active = hb_ot_tag_from_language (hb_language_from_string (lang, -1));
+  G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+
   g_free (lang);
 
   store = gtk_list_store_new (4, G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_UINT, G_TYPE_UINT, G_TYPE_UINT);
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c b/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c
index c6eb764082..4f9954fd64 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfontchooserwidget.c
@@ -1798,7 +1798,11 @@ find_affected_text (hb_tag_t   feature_tag,
   chars = g_string_new ("");
 
   hb_ot_layout_table_find_script (hb_face, HB_OT_TAG_GSUB, script_tag, &script_index);
+
+  G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
   hb_ot_layout_script_find_language (hb_face, HB_OT_TAG_GSUB, script_index, lang_tag, &lang_index);
+  G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+
   if (hb_ot_layout_language_find_feature (hb_face, HB_OT_TAG_GSUB, script_index, lang_index, feature_tag, &feature_index))
     {
       unsigned int lookup_indexes[32];
@@ -2166,7 +2170,11 @@ gtk_font_chooser_widget_update_font_features (GtkFontChooserWidget *fontchooser)
       for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
         {
           hb_ot_layout_table_find_script (hb_face, table[i], script_tag, &script_index);
+
+          G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
           hb_ot_layout_script_find_language (hb_face, table[i], script_index, lang_tag, &lang_index);
+          G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
+
           count = G_N_ELEMENTS (features);
           hb_ot_layout_language_get_feature_tags (hb_face,
                                                   table[i],