diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3bd01199..19e01edf 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: flextable
 Type: Package
 Title: Functions for Tabular Reporting
-Version: 0.9.5
+Version: 0.9.6.001
 Authors@R: c(
     person("David", "Gohel", role = c("aut", "cre"),
     email = "david.gohel@ardata.fr"),
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index ed5388ee..3eaf6b94 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -374,6 +374,3 @@ importFrom(utils,packageVersion)
 importFrom(utils,tail)
 importFrom(uuid,UUIDgenerate)
 importFrom(xml2,as_xml_document)
-importFrom(xml2,xml_find_first)
-importFrom(xml2,xml_parent)
-importFrom(xml2,xml_replace)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 8ca788bb..a41f7d64 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# flextable 0.9.6
+
+## Changes
+
+- `headers_flextable_at_bkm()` and `footers_flextable_at_bkm()` are defunct.
+
 # flextable 0.9.5
 
 ## new features
diff --git a/R/body_add_flextable.R b/R/body_add_flextable.R
index b3b99295..7708a70a 100644
--- a/R/body_add_flextable.R
+++ b/R/body_add_flextable.R
@@ -158,63 +158,10 @@ body_add_flextable <- function(x, value,
 #' @param split set to TRUE if you want to activate Word
 #' option 'Allow row to break across pages'.
 #' @importFrom officer cursor_bookmark
-#' @importFrom xml2 xml_replace as_xml_document xml_find_first xml_parent
+#' @importFrom xml2 as_xml_document
 body_replace_flextable_at_bkm <- function(x, bookmark, value, align = "center", split = FALSE) {
   x <- cursor_bookmark(x, bookmark)
   x <- body_add_flextable(x = x, value = value, pos = "on", align = align, split = split)
   x
 }
 
-#' @export
-#' @title Add flextable at a bookmark location in document's header
-#' @description replace in the header of a document  a paragraph containing a bookmark by a flextable.
-#' A bookmark will be considered as valid if enclosing words
-#' within a paragraph; i.e., a bookmark along two or more paragraphs is invalid,
-#' a bookmark set on a whole paragraph is also invalid, but bookmarking few words
-#' inside a paragraph is valid.
-#' @param x an rdocx object
-#' @param bookmark bookmark id
-#' @param value a flextable object
-#' @keywords internal
-headers_flextable_at_bkm <- function(x, bookmark, value) {
-  stopifnot(inherits(x, "rdocx"), inherits(value, "flextable"))
-  .Deprecated(new = "use `prop_section(header_default = block_list(your_flextable))`")
-  str <- gen_raw_wml(value, doc = x)
-  xml_elt <- as_xml_document(str)
-  for (header in x$headers) {
-    node <- xml_find_first(header$get(), sprintf('//w:bookmarkStart[@w:name="%s"]', bookmark))
-    if (!inherits(node, "xml_missing")) {
-      node <- xml_parent(node)
-      xml_replace(node, xml_elt)
-    }
-  }
-
-  x
-}
-
-#' @export
-#' @title Add flextable at a bookmark location in document's footer
-#' @description replace in the footer of a document  a paragraph containing a bookmark by a flextable.
-#' A bookmark will be considered as valid if enclosing words
-#' within a paragraph; i.e., a bookmark along two or more paragraphs is invalid,
-#' a bookmark set on a whole paragraph is also invalid, but bookmarking few words
-#' inside a paragraph is valid.
-#' @param x an rdocx object
-#' @param bookmark bookmark id
-#' @param value a flextable object
-#' @keywords internal
-footers_flextable_at_bkm <- function(x, bookmark, value) {
-  stopifnot(inherits(x, "rdocx"), inherits(value, "flextable"))
-  .Deprecated(new = "use `prop_section(footer_default = block_list(your_flextable))`")
-  str <- gen_raw_wml(value, doc = x)
-  xml_elt <- as_xml_document(str)
-  for (footer in x$footers) {
-    node <- xml_find_first(footer$get(), sprintf('//w:bookmarkStart[@w:name="%s"]', bookmark))
-    if (!inherits(node, "xml_missing")) {
-      node <- xml_parent(node)
-      xml_replace(node, xml_elt)
-    }
-  }
-
-  x
-}
diff --git a/R/zz-defunct.R b/R/zz-defunct.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf1b4c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/zz-defunct.R
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#' @export
+#' @title Add flextable at a bookmark location in document's header
+#' @description Function is now defunct, use [prop_section()] instead.
+#' @param ... unused
+#' @keywords internal
+headers_flextable_at_bkm <- function(...) {
+  .Defunct(new = "prop_section", package = "officer")
+}
+
+#' @export
+#' @title Add flextable at a bookmark location in document's footer
+#' @description Function is now defunct, use [prop_section()] instead.
+#' @param ... unused
+#' @keywords internal
+footers_flextable_at_bkm <- function(...) {
+  .Defunct(new = "prop_section", package = "officer")
+}
diff --git a/man/footers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd b/man/footers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd
index c53da5c8..952dce95 100644
--- a/man/footers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd
+++ b/man/footers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/body_add_flextable.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/zz-defunct.R
 \name{footers_flextable_at_bkm}
 \alias{footers_flextable_at_bkm}
 \title{Add flextable at a bookmark location in document's footer}
 \usage{
-footers_flextable_at_bkm(x, bookmark, value)
+footers_flextable_at_bkm(...)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{x}{an rdocx object}
-
-\item{bookmark}{bookmark id}
-
-\item{value}{a flextable object}
+\item{...}{unused}
 }
 \description{
-replace in the footer of a document  a paragraph containing a bookmark by a flextable.
-A bookmark will be considered as valid if enclosing words
-within a paragraph; i.e., a bookmark along two or more paragraphs is invalid,
-a bookmark set on a whole paragraph is also invalid, but bookmarking few words
-inside a paragraph is valid.
+Function is now defunct, use \code{\link[=prop_section]{prop_section()}} instead.
 }
 \keyword{internal}
diff --git a/man/headers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd b/man/headers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd
index 8f248737..1c56035a 100644
--- a/man/headers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd
+++ b/man/headers_flextable_at_bkm.Rd
@@ -1,23 +1,15 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
-% Please edit documentation in R/body_add_flextable.R
+% Please edit documentation in R/zz-defunct.R
 \name{headers_flextable_at_bkm}
 \alias{headers_flextable_at_bkm}
 \title{Add flextable at a bookmark location in document's header}
 \usage{
-headers_flextable_at_bkm(x, bookmark, value)
+headers_flextable_at_bkm(...)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{x}{an rdocx object}
-
-\item{bookmark}{bookmark id}
-
-\item{value}{a flextable object}
+\item{...}{unused}
 }
 \description{
-replace in the header of a document  a paragraph containing a bookmark by a flextable.
-A bookmark will be considered as valid if enclosing words
-within a paragraph; i.e., a bookmark along two or more paragraphs is invalid,
-a bookmark set on a whole paragraph is also invalid, but bookmarking few words
-inside a paragraph is valid.
+Function is now defunct, use \code{\link[=prop_section]{prop_section()}} instead.
 }
 \keyword{internal}