getroute: deprecate in favor of `getroutes`

diff --git a/contrib/msggen/msggen/schema.json b/contrib/msggen/msggen/schema.json
index 270dfa88..8c86eeba 100644
--- a/contrib/msggen/msggen/schema.json
+++ b/contrib/msggen/msggen/schema.json
@@ -16297,6 +16297,8 @@
       "rpc": "getroute",
       "title": "Command for routing a payment (low-level)",
       "description": [
+        "NOTE: As of v26.06, getroute is deprecated in favor of **getroutes**.  The usual equivalent is to use getroutes with `layers` including `auto.localchans`, `auto.sourcefree` and `maxparts` set to 1.",
+        "",
         "The **getroute** RPC command attempts to find the best route for the payment of *amount_msat* to lightning node *id*, such that the payment will arrive at *id* with *cltv*.",
         "",
         "There are two considerations for how good a route is: how low the fees are, and how long your payment will get stuck in a delayed output if a node goes down during the process. ."
diff --git a/doc/developers-guide/deprecated-features.md b/doc/developers-guide/deprecated-features.md
index 298e2bb4..89f75a4c 100644
--- a/doc/developers-guide/deprecated-features.md
+++ b/doc/developers-guide/deprecated-features.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ privacy:
 | getroutes.delay                                    | Field              | v26.06           | v27.06         | Use `cltv_in` instead (since v26.06)                                                                                      |
 | pay                                                | Command            | v26.06           | v27.03         | Use the more sophisticated and effective "xpay" command instead (since v24.11).                                           |
 | paystatus                                          | Command            | v26.06           | v27.03         | Uses internal pay structures, doesn't work with xpay, doesn't work across restarts.                                       |
+| getroute                                           | Command            | v26.06           | v27.03         | Less flexible than `getroutes` which takes an actual fee budget and can do multiple paths at once.                        |
 
 Inevitably there are features which need to change: either to be generalized, or removed when they can no longer be supported.
 
diff --git a/doc/schemas/getroute.json b/doc/schemas/getroute.json
index 404d5390..b6bdd2c4 100644
--- a/doc/schemas/getroute.json
+++ b/doc/schemas/getroute.json
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   "rpc": "getroute",
   "title": "Command for routing a payment (low-level)",
   "description": [
+    "NOTE: As of v26.06, getroute is deprecated in favor of **getroutes**.  The usual equivalent is to use getroutes with `layers` including `auto.localchans`, `auto.sourcefree` and `maxparts` set to 1.",
+    "",
     "The **getroute** RPC command attempts to find the best route for the payment of *amount_msat* to lightning node *id*, such that the payment will arrive at *id* with *cltv*.",
     "",
     "There are two considerations for how good a route is: how low the fees are, and how long your payment will get stuck in a delayed output if a node goes down during the process. ."
diff --git a/plugins/topology.c b/plugins/topology.c
index 5990bbe7..8c1ba598 100644
--- a/plugins/topology.c
+++ b/plugins/topology.c
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ static const struct plugin_command commands[] = {
 	{
 		"getroute",
 		json_getroute,
+		"v26.06", "v27.03",
 	},
 	{
 		"listchannels",
diff --git a/tests/test_gossip.py b/tests/test_gossip.py
index 7a037f20..326a4391 100644
--- a/tests/test_gossip.py
+++ b/tests/test_gossip.py
@@ -1474,7 +1474,8 @@ def test_getroute_exclude_duplicate(node_factory):
     in the exclude list will not have permanent effects.
     """
 
-    l1, l2 = node_factory.line_graph(2, wait_for_announce=True)
+    l1, l2 = node_factory.line_graph(2, wait_for_announce=True,
+                                     opts={'allow-deprecated-apis': True})
 
     # Starting route
     route = l1.rpc.getroute(l2.info['id'], 1, 1)['route']
@@ -1506,7 +1507,8 @@ def test_getroute_exclude_duplicate(node_factory):
 
 def test_getroute_exclude(node_factory, bitcoind):
     """Test getroute's exclude argument"""
-    l1, l2, l3, l4, l5 = node_factory.get_nodes(5)
+    l1, l2, l3, l4, l5 = node_factory.get_nodes(5,
+                                                opts={'allow-deprecated-apis': True})
     node_factory.join_nodes([l1, l2, l3, l4], wait_for_announce=True)
 
     # This should work
diff --git a/tests/test_pay.py b/tests/test_pay.py
index c8a557e0..5059b0d0 100644
--- a/tests/test_pay.py
+++ b/tests/test_pay.py
@@ -5738,9 +5738,6 @@ def test_pay_routehint_minhtlc(node_factory, bitcoind):
     # You should be able to pay the invoice!
     l1.rpc.pay(inv['bolt11'])
 
-    # And you should also be able to getroute (and have it ignore htlc_min/max constraints!)
-    l1.rpc.getroute(l3.info['id'], amount_msat=0, riskfactor=1)
-
 
 @pytest.mark.openchannel('v1')
 @pytest.mark.openchannel('v2')