diff --git a/hbase-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationUtils.java b/hbase-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationUtils.java
index 7cfb9d4ca7e6..fb2b0d517d82 100644
--- a/hbase-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationUtils.java
+++ b/hbase-replication/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/ReplicationUtils.java
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ public static boolean isReplicationForBulkLoadDataEnabled(final Configuration c)
       HConstants.REPLICATION_BULKLOAD_ENABLE_DEFAULT);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Will be removed in HBase 3.
+   *             Use {@link ReplicationPeerConfig#needToReplicate(TableName)} instead.
+   * @param peerConfig configuration for the replication peer cluster
+   * @param tableName name of the table
+   * @return true if the table need replicate to the peer cluster
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public static boolean contains(ReplicationPeerConfig peerConfig, TableName tableName) {
+    return peerConfig.needToReplicate(tableName);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the adaptive timeout value when performing a retry
    */