diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ExportCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ExportCommandTest.php
index 17564941ec..17817ae7c2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ExportCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ExportCommandTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\HelperSet;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\Profile;
 
+/**
+ * @group legacy
+ */
 class ExportCommandTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ImportCommandTest.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ImportCommandTest.php
index fe3ba421ad..2c440ecc75 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ImportCommandTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/WebProfilerBundle/Tests/Command/ImportCommandTest.php
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@
 namespace Symfony\Bundle\WebProfilerBundle\Tests\Command;
 
 use Symfony\Bundle\WebProfilerBundle\Command\ImportCommand;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\HelperSet;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Profiler\Profile;
 
+/**
+ * @group legacy
+ */
 class ImportCommandTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
     public function testExecute()
@@ -27,7 +31,14 @@ class ImportCommandTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $profiler->expects($this->once())->method('import')->will($this->returnValue(new Profile('TOKEN')));
 
+        $helperSet = new HelperSet();
+        $helper = $this->getMock('Symfony\Component\Console\Helper\FormatterHelper');
+        $helper->expects($this->any())->method('formatSection');
+        $helperSet->set($helper, 'formatter');
+
         $command = new ImportCommand($profiler);
+        $command->setHelperSet($helperSet);
+
         $commandTester = new CommandTester($command);
         $commandTester->execute(array('filename' => __DIR__.'/../Fixtures/profile.data'));
         $this->assertRegExp('/Profile "TOKEN" has been successfully imported\./', $commandTester->getDisplay());
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md
index ad27886ac8..bab3aba490 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+2.8.0
+-----
+
+ * deprecated `Profiler::import` and `Profiler::export`
+
 2.7.0
 -----
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/Profiler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/Profiler.php
index 864f624729..378bf5dac3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/Profiler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/Profiler.php
@@ -137,9 +137,13 @@ class Profiler
      * @param Profile $profile A Profile instance
      *
      * @return string The exported data
+     *
+     * @deprecated since Symfony 2.8, to be removed in 3.0.
      */
     public function export(Profile $profile)
     {
+        @trigger_error('The '.__METHOD__.' method is deprecated since version 2.8 and will be removed in 3.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
         return base64_encode(serialize($profile));
     }
 
@@ -149,9 +153,13 @@ class Profiler
      * @param string $data A data string as exported by the export() method
      *
      * @return Profile A Profile instance
+     *
+     * @deprecated since Symfony 2.8, to be removed in 3.0.
      */
     public function import($data)
     {
+        @trigger_error('The '.__METHOD__.' method is deprecated since version 2.8 and will be removed in 3.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
         $profile = unserialize(base64_decode($data));
 
         if ($this->storage->read($profile->getToken())) {