diff --git a/irc/ctrlproxy/Makefile b/irc/ctrlproxy/Makefile
index 453521d82355..922a646e30f6 100644
--- a/irc/ctrlproxy/Makefile
+++ b/irc/ctrlproxy/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	ctrlproxy
 PORTVERSION=	3.0.8
 PORTREVISION=	10
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50016234/ \
 		LOCAL/ashish/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ashish@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Flexible IRC proxy
 WWW=		https://www.samba.org/~jelmer/ctrlproxy/
 
+DEPRECATED=	Development stalled upstream, consider switching to irc/soju or irc/znc
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-08-31
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgnutls.so:security/gnutls
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 gmake gnome localbase:ldflags pathfix pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 PATHFIX_MAKEFILEIN=	Makefile
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ctrlproxy
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ctrlproxy-admin
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/linestack-cmd
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin/ctrlproxyd
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doc/ctrlproxy.1 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/doc/ctrlproxy_config.5 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man5
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/help.txt ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/help.txt
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for file in AUTHORS HACKING NEWS README
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${file} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/user-guide.html ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>