diff --git a/science/svmlight/Makefile b/science/svmlight/Makefile
index ddefdbc382dd..3d8276f13c75 100644
--- a/science/svmlight/Makefile
+++ b/science/svmlight/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,38 @@
 PORTNAME=	svmlight
 PORTVERSION=	6.02
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	science
 MASTER_SITES=	https://osmot.cs.cornell.edu/svm_light/v${PORTVERSION}/
 DISTNAME=	svm_light
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Implementation of Support Vector Machines (SVMs) in C
 WWW=		https://svmlight.joachims.org/
 
 LICENSE=	SVM-Light
 LICENSE_NAME=	SVM-Light license
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 LICENSE_PERMS=	# none
 
+DEPRECATED=	Unmaintained, last upstream release in 2008 and there are more modern alternatives
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-04-14
+
 USES=		gmake
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LD="${CC}" LFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
 ALL_TARGET=	all libsvmlight_hideo
 
 CFLAGS+=	-fPIC -fcommon
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/svmlight
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/*.h ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/include/svmlight
 .for file in svm_classify svm_learn
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${file} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 .endfor
 	${INSTALL_LIB}  ${WRKSRC}/libsvmlight.so ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libsvmlight.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>