diff --git a/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ResponseTypes.hpp b/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ResponseTypes.hpp
index 010000c81..3cab852a1 100644
--- a/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ResponseTypes.hpp
+++ b/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ResponseTypes.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 namespace Zscript {
 namespace GenericCore {
 
+#error deprecated! delete me!
+
 enum ResponseType {
     Response = 0,
     ResetNotification = 1,
diff --git a/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptChannel.hpp b/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptChannel.hpp
index bed7ba145..2114af844 100644
--- a/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptChannel.hpp
+++ b/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptChannel.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #define SRC_MAIN_C___ZSCRIPT_ZSCRIPTCHANNEL_HPP_
 
 #ifndef ZSCRIPT_HPP_INCLUDED
-#   error Channels must be included only after Zscript.hpp
+#   error ZscriptChannel.hpp needs to be included AFTER Zscript.hpp
 #endif
 
 #include "semanticParser/SemanticParser.hpp"
diff --git a/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptIncludes.hpp b/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptIncludes.hpp
index 77bc82685..82b66602a 100644
--- a/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptIncludes.hpp
+++ b/receivers/native/generic-core/src/main/c++/zscript/ZscriptIncludes.hpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "LanguageVersion.hpp"
-#include "ResponseTypes.hpp"
 #include "Zchars.hpp"
 #include "ZscriptResponseStatus.hpp"