diff --git a/irc/pircbot/Makefile b/irc/pircbot/Makefile
index 0b0004337eb8..fc5050d7ce72 100644
--- a/irc/pircbot/Makefile
+++ b/irc/pircbot/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,32 @@
 PORTNAME=	pircbot
 PORTVERSION=	1.5.0
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	irc java
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.jibble.org/files/ \
 		http://www.i-scream.org/pub/www.jibble.org/files/
 
 MAINTAINER=	tdb@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PircBot Java IRC Bot Framework
 WWW=		http://www.jibble.org/pircbot.php
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandoned upstream, last release in 2009 and superseded by pircbotx (fork)
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-03-31
+
 USES=		zip
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 USE_JAVA=	yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 SUB_LIST=	JAVAJARDIR=${JAVAJARDIR}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/pircbot.jar ${STAGEDIR}${JAVAJARDIR}
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${CP} -r ${WRKSRC}/javadocs/* ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>