diff --git a/cmd/provider/main.go b/cmd/provider/main.go
index ef557518..bd6bab28 100644
--- a/cmd/provider/main.go
+++ b/cmd/provider/main.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
@@ -46,12 +47,25 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	var (
-		app              = kingpin.New(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), "Terraform based Crossplane provider for Azuread").DefaultEnvars()
+		app               = kingpin.New(filepath.Base(os.Args[0]), "Terraform based Crossplane provider for Azuread").DefaultEnvars()
+		deprecationAction = func(flagName string) kingpin.Action {
+			return func(c *kingpin.ParseContext) error {
+				_, err := fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "warning: Command-line flag %q is deprecated and no longer used. It will be removed in a future release. Please remove it from all of your configurations (ControllerConfigs, etc.).\n", flagName)
+				kingpin.FatalIfError(err, "Failed to print the deprecation notice.")
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
 		debug            = app.Flag("debug", "Run with debug logging.").Short('d').Bool()
 		syncPeriod       = app.Flag("sync", "Controller manager sync period such as 300ms, 1.5h, or 2h45m").Short('s').Default("1h").Duration()
 		pollInterval     = app.Flag("poll", "Poll interval controls how often an individual resource should be checked for drift.").Default("10m").Duration()
 		leaderElection   = app.Flag("leader-election", "Use leader election for the controller manager.").Short('l').Default("false").OverrideDefaultFromEnvar("LEADER_ELECTION").Bool()
 		maxReconcileRate = app.Flag("max-reconcile-rate", "The global maximum rate per second at which resources may checked for drift from the desired state.").Default("10").Int()
+		// now deprecated command-line arguments with the Terraform SDK-based upjet architecture
+		_ = app.Flag("terraform-version", "[DEPRECATED: This option is no longer used and it will be removed in a future release.] Terraform version.").Envar("TERRAFORM_VERSION").Hidden().Action(deprecationAction("terraform-version")).String()
+		_ = app.Flag("terraform-provider-version", "[DEPRECATED: This option is no longer used and it will be removed in a future release.] Terraform provider version.").Envar("TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_VERSION").Hidden().Action(deprecationAction("terraform-provider-version")).String()
+		_ = app.Flag("terraform-native-provider-path", "[DEPRECATED: This option is no longer used and it will be removed in a future release.] Terraform native provider path for shared execution.").Default("").Envar("TERRAFORM_NATIVE_PROVIDER_PATH").Hidden().Action(deprecationAction("terraform-native-provider-path")).String()
+		_ = app.Flag("terraform-provider-source", "[DEPRECATED: This option is no longer used and it will be removed in a future release.] Terraform provider source.").Envar("TERRAFORM_PROVIDER_SOURCE").Hidden().Action(deprecationAction("terraform-provider-source")).String()
+		_ = app.Flag("provider-ttl", "[DEPRECATED: This option is no longer used and it will be removed in a future release.] TTL for the native plugin processes before they are replaced. Changing the default may increase memory consumption.").Default("100").Hidden().Action(deprecationAction("provider-ttl")).Int()
 
 		namespace                  = app.Flag("namespace", "Namespace used to set as default scope in default secret store config.").Default("crossplane-system").Envar("POD_NAMESPACE").String()
 		enableExternalSecretStores = app.Flag("enable-external-secret-stores", "Enable support for ExternalSecretStores.").Default("false").Envar("ENABLE_EXTERNAL_SECRET_STORES").Bool()