diff --git a/java/sablevm/Makefile b/java/sablevm/Makefile
index 2c6caf3d1d68..866ba2d68b1a 100644
--- a/java/sablevm/Makefile
+++ b/java/sablevm/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	sablevm
 PORTVERSION=	1.13
 PORTREVISION=	15
 CATEGORIES=	java devel
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	java@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Java VM created by McGill University's Sable Research Group
 WWW=		http://www.sablevm.org/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, last release in 2007 and is no longer being developed
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-03-31
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libpopt.so:devel/popt \
 		libffi.so:devel/libffi \
 		libltdl.so:devel/libltdl
 RUN_DEPENDS=	fastjar:archivers/fastjar
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 USES=		gettext gmake iconv libtool pkgconfig
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--includedir=${PREFIX}/include/${PORTNAME}
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LIBS+=		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SVMCP
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=SVMCP
 SVMCP_DESC=	Install SableVM classpath
 
 SVMCP_RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/sablevm-classpath/libjavalang.so:java/sablevm-classpath
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,^subdirs=".*,,' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^sablevm_LDADD =/s/$$/ -lpopt/' \
 		${WRKSRC}/src/sablevm/Makefile.in
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>