diff --git a/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/BUILD b/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/BUILD
index 221350b7..2f90ace8 100644
--- a/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/BUILD
+++ b/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/BUILD
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ api_proto_package(
         "//envoy/config/route/v3:pkg",
         "//envoy/type/matcher/v3:pkg",
         "@com_github_cncf_udpa//udpa/annotations:pkg",
-        "@com_github_cncf_udpa//xds/annotations/v3:pkg",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/matcher.proto b/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/matcher.proto
index 5b9da519..49a146d7 100644
--- a/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/matcher.proto
+++ b/envoy/config/common/matcher/v3/matcher.proto
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import "envoy/config/core/v3/extension.proto";
 import "envoy/config/route/v3/route_components.proto";
 import "envoy/type/matcher/v3/string.proto";
 
-import "xds/annotations/v3/status.proto";
-
 import "udpa/annotations/status.proto";
 import "validate/validate.proto";
 
@@ -24,9 +22,10 @@ option (udpa.annotations.file_status).package_version_status = ACTIVE;
 // is found the action specified by the most specific on_no_match will be evaluated.
 // As an on_no_match might result in another matching tree being evaluated, this process
 // might repeat several times until the final OnMatch (or no match) is decided.
+//
+// .. note::
+//   Please use the syntactically equivalent :ref:`matching API <envoy_v3_api_msg_.xds.type.matcher.v3.Matcher>`
 message Matcher {
-  option (xds.annotations.v3.message_status).work_in_progress = true;
-
   // What to do if a match is successful.
   message OnMatch {
     oneof on_match {