diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fb0e755d6..af5b9f406d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ option (ANALYZE_JAVA
 
 option (BUILD_LIBHDFSPP
     "Include LIBHDFSPP library in the build process"
-     ON)
+     OFF)
 
 option(BUILD_CPP_TESTS
     "Build the googletest unit tests"
diff --git a/c++/include/orc/OrcFile.hh b/c++/include/orc/OrcFile.hh
index 6e4a07bf7c..a9ad692d42 100644
--- a/c++/include/orc/OrcFile.hh
+++ b/c++/include/orc/OrcFile.hh
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ namespace orc {
    * @param path the uri of the file in HDFS
    * @param metrics the metrics of the reader
    */
-  std::unique_ptr<InputStream> readHdfsFile(const std::string& path,
-                                            ReaderMetrics* metrics = nullptr);
+  [[deprecated("readHdfsFile is deprecated in 2.0.1")]] std::unique_ptr<InputStream> readHdfsFile(
+      const std::string& path, ReaderMetrics* metrics = nullptr);
 
   /**
    * Create a reader to read the ORC file.