diff --git a/apps/benchmarks/NonUniformGrid/NonUniformGrid.cpp b/apps/benchmarks/NonUniformGrid/NonUniformGrid.cpp
index 68f90a8cfa0e4b27e7e1113e6455335d95c6866f..59797ae783ba9fe419be88a603927caef6d35246 100644
--- a/apps/benchmarks/NonUniformGrid/NonUniformGrid.cpp
+++ b/apps/benchmarks/NonUniformGrid/NonUniformGrid.cpp
@@ -777,14 +777,14 @@ void run( const shared_ptr< Config > & config, const LatticeModel_T & latticeMod
       if( dynamicLoadBalancingType == 0 )
       {
          blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction(
-                  blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( curveHilbert, curveAllGather ) );
+                  blockforest::DynamicCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( curveHilbert, curveAllGather ) );
                   
          loadBalanceLogging << "\n   + type:            " << ( curveHilbert ? "Hilbert order" : "Morton order" ) <<
                                "\n   + parallelization: " << ( curveAllGather? "all gather" : "master-slave" );
       }
       else
       {
-         using DLDB = blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance<blockforest::NoPhantomData>;
+         using DLDB = blockforest::DynamicDiffusionBalance<blockforest::NoPhantomData>;
          DLDB balancer( diffusionMaxIterations, diffusionFlowIterations );
          if( diffusionMode == 0 )
             balancer.setMode( DLDB::DIFFUSION_PUSH );
diff --git a/apps/benchmarks/SchaeferTurek/SchaeferTurek.cpp b/apps/benchmarks/SchaeferTurek/SchaeferTurek.cpp
index d62fac03260b19dbb9ad73e67d7daf5911fe2f34..d83409c4c6e4b49ebdd745904c7b74fce00fdda2 100644
--- a/apps/benchmarks/SchaeferTurek/SchaeferTurek.cpp
+++ b/apps/benchmarks/SchaeferTurek/SchaeferTurek.cpp
@@ -2553,11 +2553,11 @@ void run( const shared_ptr< Config > & config, const LatticeModel_T & latticeMod
             blockforest.setRefreshBlockStateDeterminationFunction( Pseudo2DBlockStateDetermination( blockforest, Empty ) );
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockDataAssignmentFunction( Pseudo2DPhantomWeightAssignment( Empty ) );
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction(
-                     blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance< Pseudo2DPhantomWeight >( hilbert, allGather ) );
+                     blockforest::DynamicCurveBalance< Pseudo2DPhantomWeight >( hilbert, allGather ) );
          }
          else
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction(
-                     blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( hilbert, allGather ) );
+                     blockforest::DynamicCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( hilbert, allGather ) );
       }
       else
       {
@@ -2571,11 +2571,11 @@ void run( const shared_ptr< Config > & config, const LatticeModel_T & latticeMod
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockDataPackFunction( Pseudo2DPhantomWeightPackUnpack() );
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockDataUnpackFunction( Pseudo2DPhantomWeightPackUnpack() );
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction(
-                     blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance< Pseudo2DPhantomWeight >( maxIterations, flowIterations ) );
+                     blockforest::DynamicDiffusionBalance< Pseudo2DPhantomWeight >( maxIterations, flowIterations ) );
          }
          else
             blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction(
-                     blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( maxIterations, flowIterations ) );
+                     blockforest::DynamicDiffusionBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( maxIterations, flowIterations ) );
       }
 
       // add callback functions which are executed after all block data was unpakced after the dynamic load balancing
diff --git a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h
index 9bd79b5364a39a6edeb6e86329db7156ebe6af57..c7984261d016aae89a8ec5abc416199ae68419f5 100644
--- a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h
+++ b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicCurve.h
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ void DynamicCurveBalance< PhantomData_T >::finalAssignment( const uint_t index,
 
 ///This class is deprecated use DynamicCurveBalance instead.
 template< typename PhantomData_T >
-using DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance = DynamicCurveBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
+using DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance [[deprecated]] = DynamicCurveBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
 
 } // namespace blockforest
 } // namespace walberla
diff --git a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h
index d9037070bad849a6a751f2ed4d72c26cba33bbd0..a72328fddf12277f8e41d42d9d602b73e66aeb78 100644
--- a/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h
+++ b/src/blockforest/loadbalancing/DynamicDiffusive.h
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ bool DynamicDiffusionBalance< PhantomData_T >::operator()( std::vector< std::pai
 
 ///This class is deprecated use DynamicDiffusionBalance instead.
 template< typename PhantomData_T >
-using DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance = DynamicDiffusionBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
+using DynamicLevelwiseDiffusionBalance [[deprecated]] = DynamicDiffusionBalance<PhantomData_T> ;
 
 } // namespace blockforest
 } // namespace walberla
diff --git a/tests/pe/DynamicRefinement.cpp b/tests/pe/DynamicRefinement.cpp
index 07ce98b85b1e9cb83023a999ff5180aa67e6c596..454e915a6cff327b552efb604a85947da530693f 100644
--- a/tests/pe/DynamicRefinement.cpp
+++ b/tests/pe/DynamicRefinement.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
    blockforest.setRefreshMinTargetLevelDeterminationFunction( regrid );
 
    blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction(
-            blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( true, true ) );
+            blockforest::DynamicCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( true, true ) );
 
    real_t spacing(2.5);
    for (auto blkIt = forest->begin(); blkIt != forest->end(); ++blkIt)
diff --git a/tests/pe_coupling/momentum_exchange_method/SettlingSphereMEMDynamicRefinement.cpp b/tests/pe_coupling/momentum_exchange_method/SettlingSphereMEMDynamicRefinement.cpp
index 558747d90711f0a7e5f01c600e3621c3dadb849e..c7be4552827c666ede71acc30871042f2ae71cba 100644
--- a/tests/pe_coupling/momentum_exchange_method/SettlingSphereMEMDynamicRefinement.cpp
+++ b/tests/pe_coupling/momentum_exchange_method/SettlingSphereMEMDynamicRefinement.cpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv )
 
    bool curveHilbert = false;
    bool curveAllGather = true;
-   blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction( blockforest::DynamicLevelwiseCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( curveHilbert, curveAllGather ) );
+   blockforest.setRefreshPhantomBlockMigrationPreparationFunction( blockforest::DynamicCurveBalance< blockforest::NoPhantomData >( curveHilbert, curveAllGather ) );
 
    /////////////////
    // PE COUPLING //