diff --git a/taccsite_cms/settings.py b/taccsite_cms/settings.py
index 19ba18801..b4207e1e6 100644
--- a/taccsite_cms/settings.py
+++ b/taccsite_cms/settings.py
@@ -159,14 +159,6 @@ def gettext(s): return s
     ('fullwidth.html', 'Full Width'),
 
     ('guide.html', 'Guide'),
-    ('guides/portal_technology.html', 'Guide: Portal Technology Stack'),
-
-    # TODO: WP-394: Retire deprecated page templates
-    ('guides/getting_started.v3.html', 'Guide: Getting Started (v3)'),
-    ('guides/getting_started.tam.html', 'Guide: Getting Started (TAM)'),
-    ('guides/getting_started.v2.html', 'Guide: Getting Started (v2)'),
-    ('guides/data_transfer.html', 'Guide: Data Transfer'),
-    ('guides/data_transfer.globus.html', 'Guide: Globus Data Transfer'),
 )
 
 CMS_PERMISSION = True
diff --git a/taccsite_cms/static/site_cms/img/guides/README.md b/taccsite_cms/static/site_cms/img/guides/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba0aa2019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taccsite_cms/static/site_cms/img/guides/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# TACC CMS - Static Files - Images - Guides
+
+All of these images are for guides that are deprecated, and none of which should be in use. They are retained in case the templates are used. They should be deleted in version 5.
diff --git a/taccsite_cms/templates/guides/README.md b/taccsite_cms/templates/guides/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f9830e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/taccsite_cms/templates/guides/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# TACC CMS - Templates - Guides
+
+All of these templates are deprecated. None of them should be in use. They are retained in case they are used. They should be deleted in version 5.