diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/layerTests/SoftmaxTestImpl.cpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/layerTests/SoftmaxTestImpl.cpp
index fa7ab90..1ffb34f 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/layerTests/SoftmaxTestImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/layerTests/SoftmaxTestImpl.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
 
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@
     // Each row is independently softmax'd.
     auto input = MakeTensor<T, n>(inputTensorInfo, armnnUtils::QuantizedVector<T>(inputData, qScale, qOffset));
 
+    ARMNN_NO_DEPRECATE_WARN_BEGIN
     std::unique_ptr<armnn::ITensorHandle> inputHandle = workloadFactory.CreateTensorHandle(inputTensorInfo);
     std::unique_ptr<armnn::ITensorHandle> outputHandle = workloadFactory.CreateTensorHandle(outputTensorInfo);
+    ARMNN_NO_DEPRECATE_WARN_END
 
     armnn::SoftmaxQueueDescriptor data;
     data.m_Parameters.m_Beta = beta;
@@ -258,8 +260,10 @@
     LayerTestResult<T, 2> ret(outputTensorInfo);
     auto input = MakeRandomTensor<T, 2>(inputTensorInfo, 0xF00D, 0.0f, 1.0f);
 
+    ARMNN_NO_DEPRECATE_WARN_BEGIN
     std::unique_ptr<armnn::ITensorHandle> inputHandle = workloadFactory.CreateTensorHandle(inputTensorInfo);
     std::unique_ptr<armnn::ITensorHandle> outputHandle = workloadFactory.CreateTensorHandle(outputTensorInfo);
+    ARMNN_NO_DEPRECATE_WARN_END
 
     armnn::SoftmaxQueueDescriptor data;
     data.m_Parameters.m_Beta = beta;
@@ -268,9 +272,10 @@
     AddInputToWorkload(data, info, inputTensorInfo, inputHandle.get());
     AddOutputToWorkload(data, info, outputTensorInfo, outputHandle.get());
 
+    ARMNN_NO_DEPRECATE_WARN_BEGIN
     std::unique_ptr<armnn::ITensorHandle> outputHandleRef = refWorkloadFactory.CreateTensorHandle(outputTensorInfo);
     std::unique_ptr<armnn::ITensorHandle> inputHandleRef = refWorkloadFactory.CreateTensorHandle(inputTensorInfo);
-
+    ARMNN_NO_DEPRECATE_WARN_END
 
     armnn::SoftmaxQueueDescriptor refData = data;
     armnn::WorkloadInfo refInfo = info;