diff --git a/tools/export/atmelstudio/__init__.py b/tools/export/atmelstudio/__init__.py
index bab012db69..f123810b8a 100644
--- a/tools/export/atmelstudio/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/export/atmelstudio/__init__.py
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 import uuid
 from os.path import splitext, basename, dirname
 
-from tools.export.exporters import Exporter
+from tools.export.exporters import Exporter, deprecated_exporter
 
 
+@deprecated_exporter
 class AtmelStudio(Exporter):
     NAME = 'AtmelStudio'
     TOOLCHAIN = 'GCC_ARM'
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ class AtmelStudio(Exporter):
 
     MBED_CONFIG_HEADER_SUPPORTED = True
 
+    @classmethod
+    def is_target_supported(cls, maybe_supported):
+        return maybe_supported in cls.TARGETS
+
     def generate(self):
 
         source_files = []