diff --git a/src/shell-tray-manager.c b/src/shell-tray-manager.c
index 3311deb40f2c3731ecb78b182ef55c586699da07..6503cc3c45db2bdc666e34b386c432776e46ecc6 100644
--- a/src/shell-tray-manager.c
+++ b/src/shell-tray-manager.c
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ shell_tray_manager_child_on_realize (GtkWidget             *widget,
       bg_pattern = cairo_pattern_create_rgb (color.red / 255.,
                                              color.green / 255.,
                                              color.blue / 255.);
+G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
       gdk_window_set_background_pattern (gtk_widget_get_window (widget),
                                          bg_pattern);
+G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 
       cairo_pattern_destroy (bg_pattern);
     }
diff --git a/src/tray/na-tray-child.c b/src/tray/na-tray-child.c
index 6664757d7ff5e57e97f35b4cae97e2f3d529a344..944c79944b7b771ee603545050674f8a19a6a772 100644
--- a/src/tray/na-tray-child.c
+++ b/src/tray/na-tray-child.c
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ na_tray_child_realize (GtkWidget *widget)
 
       /* Set a transparent background */
       cairo_pattern_t *transparent = cairo_pattern_create_rgba (0, 0, 0, 0);
+G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
       gdk_window_set_background_pattern (window, transparent);
+G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
       cairo_pattern_destroy (transparent);
 
       child->parent_relative_bg = FALSE;
@@ -61,7 +63,9 @@ na_tray_child_realize (GtkWidget *widget)
     {
       /* Otherwise, if the visual matches the visual of the parent window, we
        * can use a parent-relative background and fake transparency. */
+G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
       gdk_window_set_background_pattern (window, NULL);
+G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 
       child->parent_relative_bg = TRUE;
     }