diff --git a/packages/taucmdr/cf/software/tau_installation.py b/packages/taucmdr/cf/software/tau_installation.py
index ab98ce1c8..01bb5b857 100644
--- a/packages/taucmdr/cf/software/tau_installation.py
+++ b/packages/taucmdr/cf/software/tau_installation.py
@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ def install(self, force_reinstall=False):
                     LOGGER.info(f'Installing {self.title} to:\n    {self.install_prefix}')
                     try:
                         shutil.move(self._prepare_src(), self.install_prefix)
+                        self.tau_version = self.get_version(os.path.join(self.install_prefix, 'include/TAU.h.default'))
                     except Exception as err:
                         LOGGER.debug("Exception thrown by shutil.move, attempting to continue.")
                         # On some docker fuse mounted file systems shutil.move was failing with symlinks
@@ -1932,3 +1933,15 @@ def get_python_version(self, python_path):
         pattern = re.compile(r'\d+\.\d+\.\d+')
         match = pattern.search(out)
         return match.group()
+
+    def get_version(self):
+        header_path = os.path.join(self.install_prefix, 'include/TAU.h.default')
+        with open(header_path) as f:
+            for line in f:
+                if line.startswith("#define TAU_VERSION"):
+                    verline = line
+                    break
+        verstr = re.findall('"([^"]*)"', verline)[0]
+        if verstr.endswith('-git'):
+            ver = verstr[:-len('-git')]
+        return ver
diff --git a/packages/taucmdr/model/experiment.py b/packages/taucmdr/model/experiment.py
index 1c31f6bb0..e4dbe9c78 100644
--- a/packages/taucmdr/model/experiment.py
+++ b/packages/taucmdr/model/experiment.py
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ def attributes():
             'type': 'string',
             'description': 'TAU Makefile used during this experiment, if any.'
         },
+        'tau_version': {
+            'type': 'string',
+            'description': 'TAU version used during this experiment'
+        },
         'record_output': {
             'type': 'boolean',
             'default': False,
@@ -233,6 +237,49 @@ def verify(self):
             for rhs in [targ, app, meas]:
                 lhs.check_compatibility(rhs)
 
+        # Check for deprecated attributes
+        if 'tau_version' in self.controller(self.storage).search(self.eid)[0]:
+            tau_version_str = self.controller(self.storage).search(self.eid)[0]['tau_version']
+            tau_version = [int(i) for i in tau_version_str.split('.')]
+            tau_version.extend([0]*(3-len(tau_version)))
+        else:
+            return
+        for comp in [targ, app, meas]:
+            for attr, props in comp.attributes.iteritems():
+                if 'deprecated' in props:
+                    if comp.controller(self.storage).search(self.eid)[0][attr] in props['deprecated']:
+                        deprecated_option = comp.controller(self.storage).search(self.eid)[0][attr]
+                        dep = props['deprecated'][targ[attr]]
+                        if isinstance(dep, list):
+                            if len(dep) == 2 and dep[1] != '':
+                                rem_str = dep[1]
+                                rem = [int(i) for i in rem_str.split('.')]
+                                rem.extend([0]*(3-len(rem)))
+                                is_removed = tau_version >= rem
+                            else:
+                                is_removed = False
+
+                            if is_removed:
+                                is_deprecated = False
+                            else:
+                                depr_str = dep[0]
+                                depr  = [int(i) for i in depr_str.split('.')]
+                                depr.extend([0]*(3-len(depr)))
+                                is_deprecated = tau_version >= depr
+                        else:
+                            depr_str = dep
+                            depr  = [int(i) for i in depr_str.split('.')]
+                            depr.extend([0]*(3-len(depr)))
+                            is_deprecated = tau_version >= depr
+                            is_removed = False
+
+                        if is_deprecated:
+                            LOGGER.warning(
+                                "The \"--%s %s\" option has been deprecated in TAU version %s and will be removed in a future release." %(attr, deprecated_option, depr_str)
+                            )
+                        elif is_removed:
+                            raise ConfigurationError(f'The \"--{attr} {deprecated_option}\" option was removed in TAU version {rem_str}.')
+
     def on_create(self):
         self.verify()
         try:
@@ -348,6 +395,8 @@ def configure(self):
         tau.install()
         if not baseline:
             self.controller(self.storage).update({'tau_makefile': os.path.basename(tau.get_makefile())}, self.eid)
+        self.controller(self.storage).update({'tau_version': tau.get_version()}, self.eid)
+        self.verify()
         return tau
 
     def managed_build(self, compiler_cmd, compiler_args):
diff --git a/packages/taucmdr/model/target.py b/packages/taucmdr/model/target.py
index 516b9d834..5299a0e33 100644
--- a/packages/taucmdr/model/target.py
+++ b/packages/taucmdr/model/target.py
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@ def attributes():
                          'group': 'software package',
                          'metavar': '(<path>|<url>|download|download-tr4|download-tr6|None)',
                          'action': ParsePackagePathAction},
+            'deprecated': {'download-tr4' : ['2.29.1',''], 'download-tr6' : ['2.29.1','']},
             'rebuild_required': True
         },
         'libotf2_source': {
@@ -744,6 +745,9 @@ def papi_metrics(self, event_type="PRESET", include_modifiers=False):
     def tau_metrics(self):
         return self.get_installation('tau').tau_metrics()
 
+    def tau_version(self):
+        return self.get_installation('tau').tau_version()
+
     def cupti_metrics(self):
         if not self.get('cuda'):
             return []