diff --git a/irc/dancer/Makefile b/irc/dancer/Makefile
index b38b0dddaaab..7965f63f5f70 100644
--- a/irc/dancer/Makefile
+++ b/irc/dancer/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	dancer
 PORTVERSION=	4.16
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	IRC bot written in C for UNIX, Windows, and AmigaOS
 WWW=		https://dancer.sourceforge.net/
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, last release in 2001 and no longer developed
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-03-31
+
 PATCH_WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${DISTNAME}/src
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 MAKE_ARGS+=	CSPECIAL="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 LDFLAGS+=	-lm
 CPP=		#
 USE_CSTD=	gnu89
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	p5-Dancer
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/../${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/../example && ${INSTALL_DATA} \
 		dancer.config dancer.users \
 		dancer.funcs dancer.explain ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>