diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md b/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
index 7427bdd235..56ba4a834f 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/api-report.md
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     compoundName: EntityName,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<Entity | undefined>;
+  // @deprecated (undocumented)
+  getLocationByEntity(
+    entity: Entity,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<Location_2 | undefined>;
   getLocationById(
     id: string,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
@@ -99,6 +104,11 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     locationRef: string,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
   ): Promise<Location_2 | undefined>;
+  // @deprecated (undocumented)
+  getOriginLocationByEntity(
+    entity: Entity,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<Location_2 | undefined>;
   refreshEntity(
     entityRef: string,
     options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
index 84d5d02232..583f5a85bd 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 
 import {
+  ANNOTATION_LOCATION,
+  ANNOTATION_ORIGIN_LOCATION,
   Entity,
   EntityName,
   parseEntityRef,
@@ -243,6 +245,49 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated please use getLocationByRef instead
+   */
+  async getOriginLocationByEntity(
+    entity: Entity,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<Location | undefined> {
+    const locationCompound =
+      entity.metadata.annotations?.[ANNOTATION_ORIGIN_LOCATION];
+    if (!locationCompound) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const all: { data: Location }[] = await this.requestRequired(
+      'GET',
+      '/locations',
+      options,
+    );
+    return all
+      .map(r => r.data)
+      .find(l => locationCompound === stringifyLocationRef(l));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated please use getLocationByRef instead
+   */
+  async getLocationByEntity(
+    entity: Entity,
+    options?: CatalogRequestOptions,
+  ): Promise<Location | undefined> {
+    const locationCompound = entity.metadata.annotations?.[ANNOTATION_LOCATION];
+    if (!locationCompound) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const all: { data: Location }[] = await this.requestRequired(
+      'GET',
+      '/locations',
+      options,
+    );
+    return all
+      .map(r => r.data)
+      .find(l => locationCompound === stringifyLocationRef(l));
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc CatalogApi.getLocationByRef}
    */