diff --git a/irc/ezbounce/Makefile b/irc/ezbounce/Makefile
index c641c8e37ba7..ee4f3cc538fc 100644
--- a/irc/ezbounce/Makefile
+++ b/irc/ezbounce/Makefile
@@ -1,50 +1,52 @@
 PORTNAME=	ezbounce
 PORTVERSION=	1.99.15
 PORTREVISION=	25
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://BSDforge.com/projects/source/irc/ezbounce/
 
-MAINTAINER=	portmaster@BSDforge.com
+MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Highly configurable IRC Proxy
 WWW=		https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezbounce/
 
 BROKEN=		Unfetchable
+DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, last release in 2009 and dead upstream. Consider using irc/soju or irc/znc
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-02-29
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS SSL COMPRESS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=SSL COMPRESS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 SSL_USES=		ssl
 SSL_CONFIGURE_WITH=	ssl
 COMPRESS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/boost/function.hpp:devel/boost-libs
 COMPRESS_CONFIGURE_WITH=boost
 COMPRESS_DESC=		Chat log compression (requires boost)
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USES=		compiler:c++0x cpe gmake
 USE_GCC=	yes
 
 # ezbounce 1.99.15 isn't compatible with C++11 and later, which some compilers
 # such as GCC 6 default to.
 USE_CXXSTD=	gnu++98
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 post-patch:
 	@${SED} -e "s:/path/to:${PREFIX}/sbin:" ${WRKSRC}/sample.conf > \
 		${WRKSRC}/ezb.conf.default
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|=-O2|="$$CXXFLAGS"|g' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/ezbounce ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/ezb.conf.default ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc
 	${INSTALL_MAN}	${WRKSRC}/docs/ezbounce.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/man/man1
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/CHANGES ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/TODO ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/docs/worklog ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>