diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/socket/Sockets.java b/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Sockets.java
similarity index 94%
rename from src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/socket/Sockets.java
rename to src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Sockets.java
index 945869f9..3f807a59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/socket/Sockets.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Sockets.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.hierynomus.sshj.socket;
+package com.hierynomus.sshj.backport;
 
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/SocketClient.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/SocketClient.java
index b4caf5bc..7aeee4f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/SocketClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/SocketClient.java
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ public abstract class SocketClient {
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * Connect to a host via a proxy.
+     * @param host The host address to connect to.
+     * @param port The port to connect to.
+     * @param proxy The proxy to connect via.
+     * @deprecated This method will be removed after v0.12.0. If you want to connect via a proxy, you can do this by injecting a {@link javax.net.SocketFactory}
+     *             into the SocketClient. The SocketFactory should create sockets using the {@link java.net.Socket(java.net.Proxy)} constructor.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public void connect(InetAddress host, int port, Proxy proxy) throws IOException {
         if (JavaVersion.isJava7OrEarlier() && proxy.type() == Proxy.Type.HTTP) {
             // Java7 and earlier have no support for HTTP Connect proxies, return our custom socket.
@@ -71,6 +80,15 @@ public abstract class SocketClient {
         connect(InetAddress.getByName(hostname), port);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Connect to a host via a proxy.
+     * @param hostname The host name to connect to.
+     * @param port The port to connect to.
+     * @param proxy The proxy to connect via.
+     * @deprecated This method will be removed after v0.12.0. If you want to connect via a proxy, you can do this by injecting a {@link javax.net.SocketFactory}
+     *             into the SocketClient. The SocketFactory should create sockets using the {@link java.net.Socket(java.net.Proxy)} constructor.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public void connect(String hostname, int port, Proxy proxy) throws IOException {
         this.hostname = hostname;
         connect(InetAddress.getByName(hostname), port, proxy);
@@ -97,10 +115,26 @@ public abstract class SocketClient {
         connect(hostname, defaultPort);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Connect to a host via a proxy.
+     * @param host The host address to connect to.
+     * @param proxy The proxy to connect via.
+     * @deprecated This method will be removed after v0.12.0. If you want to connect via a proxy, you can do this by injecting a {@link javax.net.SocketFactory}
+     *             into the SocketClient. The SocketFactory should create sockets using the {@link java.net.Socket(java.net.Proxy)} constructor.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public void connect(InetAddress host, Proxy proxy) throws IOException {
         connect(host, defaultPort, proxy);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Connect to a host via a proxy.
+     * @param hostname The host name to connect to.
+     * @param proxy The proxy to connect via.
+     * @deprecated This method will be removed after v0.12.0. If you want to connect via a proxy, you can do this by injecting a {@link javax.net.SocketFactory}
+     *             into the SocketClient. The SocketFactory should create sockets using the {@link java.net.Socket(java.net.Proxy)} constructor.
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public void connect(String hostname, Proxy proxy) throws IOException {
         connect(hostname, defaultPort, proxy);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java
index be9fb7c1..c117dc32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@
  */
 package net.schmizz.sshj.connection.channel;
 
-import com.hierynomus.sshj.socket.Sockets;
 import net.schmizz.concurrent.Event;
 import net.schmizz.sshj.common.IOUtils;
 
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import static com.hierynomus.sshj.socket.Sockets.asCloseable;
+import static com.hierynomus.sshj.backport.Sockets.asCloseable;
 
 public class SocketStreamCopyMonitor
         extends Thread {
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java
index 0c0dfb82..fc605f5e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import java.net.ServerSocket;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import static com.hierynomus.sshj.socket.Sockets.asCloseable;
+import static com.hierynomus.sshj.backport.Sockets.asCloseable;
 
 public class LocalPortForwarder {