diff --git a/packages/autocomplete/src/index.spec.ts b/packages/autocomplete/src/index.spec.ts
index 0ebf5ac14f..42d3b3be99 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ describe('completer.completer', () => {
         'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).allowPartialResults',
         'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).batchSize',
         'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).close',
-        'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).count',
         'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).explain',
         'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).forEach',
         'db.shipwrecks.find({feature_type: \"Wrecks - Visible\"}).hasNext',
diff --git a/packages/shell-api/src/cursor.ts b/packages/shell-api/src/cursor.ts
index 1362f0b73a..7e8fe4747b 100644
--- a/packages/shell-api/src/cursor.ts
+++ b/packages/shell-api/src/cursor.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export default class Cursor extends AbstractCursor<ServiceProviderCursor> {
 
   @serverVersions([ServerVersions.earliest, '4.0.0'])
   @returnsPromise
+  @deprecated
   async count(): Promise<number> {
     return this._cursor.count();
   }