diff --git a/ovos_workshop/skills/mycroft_skill.py b/ovos_workshop/skills/mycroft_skill.py
index 3430a590..114ff936 100644
--- a/ovos_workshop/skills/mycroft_skill.py
+++ b/ovos_workshop/skills/mycroft_skill.py
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class MycroftSkill(BaseSkill, metaclass=_SkillMetaclass):
     recommended to implement `OVOSSkill` to properly implement new methods.
     """
 
+    @deprecated("mycroft-core has been deprecated, please move to ovos-core", "0.1.0")
     def __classic_init__(self, name: str = None, bus: MessageBusClient = None,
                          use_settings: bool = True, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -151,8 +152,8 @@ def __classic_init__(self, name: str = None, bus: MessageBusClient = None,
 
         self.settings_write_path = self.root_dir
 
-    @deprecated("MycroftSkill class has been deprecated, please subclass from OVOSSkill", "0.1.0")
     @backwards_compat(classic_core=__classic_init__)
+    @deprecated("MycroftSkill class has been deprecated, please subclass from OVOSSkill", "0.1.0")
     def __init__(self, name: str = None, bus: MessageBusClient = None,
                  use_settings: bool = True, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -317,10 +318,7 @@ def __get_settings_pclassic(self):
             return join(self.settings_write_path, 'settings.json')
         return super()._settings_path
 
-    @backwards_compat(classic_core=__get_settings_pclassic)
-    def __get_settings_p(self):
-        return super()._settings_path
-
     @property
+    @backwards_compat(classic_core=__get_settings_pclassic)
     def _settings_path(self):
-        return self.__get_settings_p()
+        return super()._settings_path