diff --git a/src/fsfw/datapoollocal/ProvidesDataPoolSubscriptionIF.h b/src/fsfw/datapoollocal/ProvidesDataPoolSubscriptionIF.h
index 3001ea10..682cfa5c 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/datapoollocal/ProvidesDataPoolSubscriptionIF.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/datapoollocal/ProvidesDataPoolSubscriptionIF.h
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ class ProvidesDataPoolSubscriptionIF {
   virtual ReturnValue_t subscribeForDiagPeriodicPacket(
       subdp::DiagnosticsHkPeriodicParams params) = 0;
 
-  [[deprecated(
-      "Please use the new API which takes all arguments as one wrapper "
-      "struct")]] virtual ReturnValue_t
+  virtual ReturnValue_t
   subscribeForPeriodicPacket(sid_t sid, bool enableReporting, float collectionInterval,
                              bool isDiagnostics) {
     return subscribeForPeriodicPacket(sid, enableReporting, collectionInterval, isDiagnostics,
@@ -106,12 +104,11 @@ class ProvidesDataPoolSubscriptionIF {
   virtual ReturnValue_t subscribeForRegularUpdatePacket(subdp::RegularHkUpdateParams params) = 0;
   virtual ReturnValue_t subscribeForDiagUpdatePacket(subdp::DiagnosticsHkUpdateParams params) = 0;
 
-  [[deprecated(
-      "Please use the new API which takes all arguments as one wrapper "
-      "struct")]] virtual ReturnValue_t
+  virtual ReturnValue_t
   subscribeForUpdatePacket(sid_t sid, bool reportingEnabled, bool isDiagnostics) {
     return subscribeForUpdatePacket(sid, reportingEnabled, isDiagnostics, objects::NO_OBJECT);
   }
+
   [[deprecated(
       "Please use the new API which takes all arguments as one wrapper "
       "struct")]] virtual ReturnValue_t
diff --git a/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.cpp b/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.cpp
index 6e6eb686..850eb078 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ PusTmCreator::PusTmCreator(SpacePacketParams initSpParams, PusTmParams initPusPa
 
 PusTmCreator::PusTmCreator() { setup(); }
 
+void PusTmCreator::disableCrcCalculation() {
+  calculateCrcOnSerialization = false;
+}
+
+void PusTmCreator::enableCrcCalculation() {
+  calculateCrcOnSerialization = true;
+}
+
 uint16_t PusTmCreator::getPacketIdRaw() const { return spCreator.getPacketIdRaw(); }
 
 uint16_t PusTmCreator::getPacketSeqCtrlRaw() const { return spCreator.getPacketSeqCtrlRaw(); }
@@ -138,3 +146,4 @@ void PusTmCreator::setService(uint8_t service) { pusParams.secHeader.service = s
 void PusTmCreator::setSubservice(uint8_t subservice) {
   pusParams.secHeader.subservice = subservice;
 }
+bool PusTmCreator::crcCalculationEnabled() const { return calculateCrcOnSerialization; }
diff --git a/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.h b/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.h
index 78414c37..0e7988f1 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmCreator.h
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ class PusTmCreator : public SerializeIF, public PusTmIF, public CustomUserDataIF
   ~PusTmCreator() override = default;
 
   void setTimeStamper(TimeStamperIF& timeStamper);
+  /**
+   * This function disables the CRC16 calculation on serialization. This is useful to avoid
+   * duplicate calculation if some lower level component needs to update fields like the sequence
+   * count, which would require a checksum update.
+   */
+  void disableCrcCalculation();
+  void enableCrcCalculation();
+  [[nodiscard]] bool crcCalculationEnabled() const;
+
   SpacePacketParams& getSpParams();
   void setApid(uint16_t apid);
   void setDestId(uint16_t destId);