diff -Naur modules/hdf5/Makefile.am modules/hdf5/Makefile.am
--- modules/hdf5/Makefile.am
+++ modules/hdf5/Makefile.am
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@
     -DH5Gopen_vers=2 \
     -DH5Tget_array_dims_vers=2 \
     -DH5Acreate_vers=2 \
-    -DH5Rdereference_vers=2 \
-    -DNO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
+    -DH5Rdereference_vers=2
 
 
 libscihdf5_la_CPPFLAGS = \
diff -Naur modules/hdf5/Makefile.in modules/hdf5/Makefile.in
--- modules/hdf5/Makefile.in
+++ modules/hdf5/Makefile.in
@@ -788,8 +788,7 @@
     -DH5Gopen_vers=2 \
     -DH5Tget_array_dims_vers=2 \
     -DH5Acreate_vers=2 \
-    -DH5Rdereference_vers=2 \
-    -DNO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
+    -DH5Rdereference_vers=2
 
 libscihdf5_la_CPPFLAGS = \
     -I$(srcdir)/includes/ \
diff -Naur modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h
--- modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h
+++ modules/hdf5/includes/HDF5Objects.h
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 #ifndef __HDF5OBJECTS_H__
 #define __HDF5OBJECTS_H__
 
-#define H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
 #undef H5_USE_16_API
+#define H5_USE_18_API
 
-#define H5Eset_auto_vers 2
 #include <hdf5.h>
 #include <hdf5_hl.h>
 
-#undef H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
 
 //#define __HDF5OBJECTS_DEBUG__
 //#define __HDF5ERROR_PRINT__
diff -Naur modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp
--- modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp
+++ modules/hdf5/sci_gateway/cpp/sci_hdf5_listvar_v3.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 *
 */
 
+#define H5_USE_18_API
+
 #include <vector>
 #include "function.hxx"
 #include "string.hxx"
diff -Naur modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c
--- modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c
+++ modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 *
 */
 
-#define H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
+#define H5_USE_18_API
 
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <sys/time.h>
diff -Naur modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c
--- modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c
+++ modules/hdf5/src/c/h5_readDataFromFile_v1.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 *
 */
 
-#define H5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
+#define H5_USE_18_API
 
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <sys/time.h>