diff --git a/taskflow/types/futures.py b/taskflow/types/futures.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#    Copyright (C) 2015 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from debtcollector import removals
+import futurist
+
+
+# TODO(harlowja): remove me in a future version, since the futurist
+# is the replacement for this whole module...
+removals.removed_module(__name__,
+                        replacement="the '%s' library" % futurist.__name__,
+                        version="1.15", removal_version='2.0',
+                        stacklevel=4)
+
+
+# Keep alias classes/functions... around until this module is removed.
+Future = futurist.Future
+ThreadPoolExecutor = futurist.ThreadPoolExecutor
+GreenThreadPoolExecutor = futurist.GreenThreadPoolExecutor
+ProcessPoolExecutor = futurist.ProcessPoolExecutor
+GreenFuture = futurist.GreenFuture
+SynchronousExecutor = futurist.SynchronousExecutor
+ExecutorStatistics = futurist.ExecutorStatistics
diff --git a/taskflow/types/periodic.py b/taskflow/types/periodic.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#    Copyright (C) 2015 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from debtcollector import removals
+import futurist
+from futurist import periodics
+
+
+# TODO(harlowja): remove me in a future version, since the futurist
+# is the replacement for this whole module...
+removals.removed_module(__name__,
+                        replacement="the '%s' library" % futurist.__name__,
+                        version="1.15", removal_version='2.0',
+                        stacklevel=4)
+
+
+# Keep alias classes/functions... around until this module is removed.
+periodic = periodics.periodic
+PeriodicWorker = periodics.PeriodicWorker