diff --git a/news/replace-sft-by-type.rst b/news/replace-sft-by-type.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a195e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/replace-sft-by-type.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Set the scattering factor table through the ``scatteringfactortable`` property in ``setScatteringType`` instead of the ``setScatteringFactorTableByType`` method deprecated in diffpy.srreal.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/src/diffpy/srfit/pdf/basepdfgenerator.py b/src/diffpy/srfit/pdf/basepdfgenerator.py
index 6d546da8..d66f33f6 100644
--- a/src/diffpy/srfit/pdf/basepdfgenerator.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/srfit/pdf/basepdfgenerator.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def setScatteringType(self, stype="X"):
         ValueError
             If stype is not a recognized scattering type.
         """
-        self._calc.setScatteringFactorTableByType(stype)
+        self._calc.scatteringfactortable = stype
         # update the meta dictionary only if there was no exception
         self.meta["stype"] = self.getScatteringType()
         return
diff --git a/tests/test_pdfgenerator.py b/tests/test_pdfgenerator.py
index 4d915928..b1bd8ad7 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdfgenerator.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdfgenerator.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def testGenerator(diffpy_srreal_available, datafile):
     calc.rmin = r[0]
     calc.rmax = r[-1] + 0.5 * calc.rstep
     calc.qmax = qmax
-    calc.setScatteringFactorTableByType("N")
+    calc.scatteringfactortable = "N"
     calc.eval(stru)
     yref = calc.pdf