diff --git a/src/View/Parsers/HTML4Value.php b/src/View/Parsers/HTML4Value.php
index 528802df938..263f5964136 100644
--- a/src/View/Parsers/HTML4Value.php
+++ b/src/View/Parsers/HTML4Value.php
@@ -2,8 +2,24 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\View\Parsers;
 
+use SilverStripe\Dev\Deprecation;
+
+/*
+ * @deprecated 4.13.0 Will be removed without equivalent functionality to replace it
+ */
 class HTML4Value extends HTMLValue
 {
+    public function __construct($fragment = null)
+    {
+        Deprecation::withNoReplacement(function () {
+            Deprecation::notice(
+                '4.13.0',
+                'Will be removed without equivalent functionality to replace it',
+                Deprecation::SCOPE_CLASS
+            );
+        });
+        parent::__construct($fragment);
+    }
 
     /**
      * @param string $content
diff --git a/tests/php/View/Parsers/HTML4ValueTest.php b/tests/php/View/Parsers/HTML4ValueTest.php
index 833b1004776..0f8645b9443 100644
--- a/tests/php/View/Parsers/HTML4ValueTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/View/Parsers/HTML4ValueTest.php
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\View\Tests\Parsers;
 
+use SilverStripe\Dev\Deprecation;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
 use SilverStripe\View\Parsers\HTML4Value;
 
 class HTML4ValueTest extends SapphireTest
 {
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        if (Deprecation::isEnabled()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Test calls deprecated code');
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testInvalidHTMLSaving()
     {
         $value = new HTML4Value();