diff --git a/lib/platform/azure/index.js b/lib/platform/azure/index.js
index f25b2873f5557b638cf2870c0a20c0f8aee2d87f..08ec3e41b979764753b6347f08cd2680c0874a79 100644
--- a/lib/platform/azure/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/azure/index.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
   addAssignees,
   addReviewers,
   deleteLabel,
+  getIssueList,
   // Comments
   ensureComment,
   ensureCommentRemoval,
@@ -481,6 +482,13 @@ function ensureIssue() {
 // istanbul ignore next
 function ensureIssueClosing() {}
 
+// istanbul ignore next
+function getIssueList() {
+  logger.debug(`getIssueList()`);
+  // TODO: Needs implementation
+  return [];
+}
+
 /**
  *
  * @param {number} issueNo
diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.js b/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.js
index 77ca73f54fe8eef40fdb925975f539b665418446..f8737c52cf988e72968624936606636b1cbaa74d 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket-server/index.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ module.exports = {
   addAssignees,
   addReviewers,
   deleteLabel,
+  getIssueList,
   // Comments
   ensureComment,
   ensureCommentRemoval,
@@ -420,6 +421,13 @@ function ensureIssue(title, body) {
   return null;
 }
 
+// istanbul ignore next
+function getIssueList() {
+  logger.debug(`getIssueList()`);
+  // TODO: Needs implementation
+  return [];
+}
+
 // istanbul ignore next
 function ensureIssueClosing(title) {
   logger.debug(`ensureIssueClosing(${title})`);
diff --git a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.js b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.js
index 2b14cfe66eb41e5ff4d1ff2053eca542bffec7ed..829693bc5475218dd88d80641490db0492b21aaf 100644
--- a/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/bitbucket/index.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module.exports = {
   addAssignees,
   addReviewers,
   deleteLabel,
+  getIssueList,
   // Comments
   ensureComment,
   ensureCommentRemoval,
@@ -372,6 +373,13 @@ async function ensureIssue(title, body) {
   return null;
 }
 
+// istanbul ignore next
+function getIssueList() {
+  logger.debug(`getIssueList()`);
+  // TODO: Needs implementation
+  return [];
+}
+
 async function ensureIssueClosing(title) {
   const issues = await findOpenIssues(title);
   for (const issue of issues) {
diff --git a/lib/platform/github/index.js b/lib/platform/github/index.js
index a8614335d60ec88fc1a30e4ab8fe772c8e0cd5c1..e0372042005f69470b8b7bfbc609b7a849c11b22 100644
--- a/lib/platform/github/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/github/index.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ module.exports = {
   addAssignees,
   addReviewers,
   deleteLabel,
+  getIssueList,
   // Comments
   ensureComment,
   ensureCommentRemoval,
diff --git a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js
index 63c2d4308f622f322089bc52534a5259d4b585ad..fa30840c2ea63fa3fe5cd81eaf6afdc78d71cf36 100644
--- a/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js
+++ b/lib/platform/gitlab/index.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ module.exports = {
   addAssignees,
   addReviewers,
   deleteLabel,
+  getIssueList,
   // Comments
   ensureComment,
   ensureCommentRemoval,
diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js b/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js
index 67fe0380269798be39a2786f335a2a4b80e62095..585c4f3c26a9c1fdf9c785991fe34812f525f625 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/process/deprecated.js
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ async function raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, packageFiles) {
         }
       }
     }
+
     logger.debug({ deprecatedPackages });
+    const issueTitleList = [];
+    const issueTitlePrefix = 'Dependency deprecation warning:';
     for (const [depName, val] of Object.entries(deprecatedPackages)) {
       const { deprecationMessage, depPackageFiles } = val;
       logger.info(
@@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ async function raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, packageFiles) {
         },
         'dependency is deprecated'
       );
-      const issueTitle = `Dependency deprecation warning: ${depName} (${manager})`;
+      const issueTitle = `${issueTitlePrefix} ${depName} (${manager})`;
+      issueTitleList.push(issueTitle);
       let issueBody = deprecationMessage;
       issueBody += `\n\nAffected package file(s): ${depPackageFiles
         .map(f => '`' + f + '`')
@@ -53,5 +57,19 @@ async function raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, packageFiles) {
         await platform.ensureIssue(issueTitle, issueBody, ensureOnce);
       }
     }
+    logger.debug(
+      'Checking for existing deprecated package issues missing in current deprecatedPackages'
+    );
+    const issueList = await platform.getIssueList();
+    if (issueList && issueList.length) {
+      const deprecatedIssues = issueList.filter(
+        i => i.title.startsWith(issueTitlePrefix) && i.state === 'open'
+      );
+      for (const i of deprecatedIssues) {
+        if (!issueTitleList.includes(i.title)) {
+          await platform.ensureIssueClosing(i.title);
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap b/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
index 2b4835616e8b282897f2638c7c508742f74cb4bf..f38e1c5af31dacbdb5d20baa0168697df1bae4ae 100644
--- a/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
+++ b/test/platform/__snapshots__/index.spec.js.snap
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Array [
   "addAssignees",
   "addReviewers",
   "deleteLabel",
+  "getIssueList",
   "ensureComment",
   "ensureCommentRemoval",
   "getPrList",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ Array [
   "addAssignees",
   "addReviewers",
   "deleteLabel",
+  "getIssueList",
   "ensureComment",
   "ensureCommentRemoval",
   "getPrList",
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ Array [
   "addAssignees",
   "addReviewers",
   "deleteLabel",
+  "getIssueList",
   "ensureComment",
   "ensureCommentRemoval",
   "getPrList",
diff --git a/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js b/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js
index 3db9cae53cfa46a4a1ce072c2ab3fdca3765ef78..6db91efd0eb039335eba5256e3dcca5aaea522ab 100644
--- a/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js
+++ b/test/workers/repository/process/deprecated.spec.js
@@ -52,8 +52,16 @@ describe('workers/repository/process/deprecated', () => {
           },
         ],
       };
+      const mockIssue = [
+        {
+          title: 'Dependency deprecation warning: mockDependency (mockManager)',
+          state: 'open',
+        },
+      ];
+      platform.getIssueList = jest.fn(() => mockIssue);
       await raiseDeprecationWarnings(config, packageFiles);
       expect(platform.ensureIssue.mock.calls).toMatchSnapshot();
+      expect(platform.getIssueList).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(platform.ensureIssue).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
   });