diff --git a/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c b/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c
index e26447e5..9a60aa8e 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/vips2tiff.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ wtiff_embed_xmp( Wtiff *wtiff, TIFF *tif )
 }
 
 static int
-wtiff_embed_ipct( Wtiff *wtiff, TIFF *tif )
+wtiff_embed_iptc( Wtiff *wtiff, TIFF *tif )
 {
 	void *data;
 	size_t data_length;
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ wtiff_write_header( Wtiff *wtiff, Layer *layer )
 	if( !wtiff->strip ) 
 		if( wtiff_embed_profile( wtiff, tif ) ||
 			wtiff_embed_xmp( wtiff, tif ) ||
-			wtiff_embed_ipct( wtiff, tif ) ||
+			wtiff_embed_iptc( wtiff, tif ) ||
 			wtiff_embed_photoshop( wtiff, tif ) ||
 			wtiff_embed_imagedescription( wtiff, tif ) )
 			return( -1 ); 
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ wtiff_copy_tiff( Wtiff *wtiff, TIFF *out, TIFF *in )
 	if( !wtiff->strip ) 
 		if( wtiff_embed_profile( wtiff, out ) ||
 			wtiff_embed_xmp( wtiff, out ) ||
-			wtiff_embed_ipct( wtiff, out ) ||
+			wtiff_embed_iptc( wtiff, out ) ||
 			wtiff_embed_photoshop( wtiff, out ) ||
 			wtiff_embed_imagedescription( wtiff, out ) )
 			return( -1 );
diff --git a/libvips/iofuncs/header.c b/libvips/iofuncs/header.c
index 3cf55256..29a6b04d 100644
--- a/libvips/iofuncs/header.c
+++ b/libvips/iofuncs/header.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  * 	- rename "field" as "name" in docs
  * 21/11/18
  * 	- get_string will allow G_STRING and REF_STRING
+ * 28/12/18
+ * 	- hide deprecated header fields from _map
  */
 
 /*
@@ -1160,9 +1162,23 @@ vips_image_remove( VipsImage *image, const char *name )
 	return( FALSE );
 }
 
+/* Deprecated header fields we hide from _map.
+ */
+static const char *vips_image_header_deprecated[] = {
+	"ipct-data"
+};
+
 static void *
 vips_image_map_fn( VipsMeta *meta, VipsImageMapFn fn, void *a )
 {
+	int i;
+
+	/* Hide deprecated fields.
+	 */
+	for( i = 0; i < VIPS_NUMBER( vips_image_header_deprecated ); i++ )
+		if( strcmp( meta->name, vips_image_header_deprecated[i] ) == 0 )
+			return( NULL );
+
 	return( fn( meta->im, meta->name, &meta->value, a ) );
 }