diff --git a/misc/firestring/Makefile b/misc/firestring/Makefile
index 061b39961e08..5b86ee5513c1 100644
--- a/misc/firestring/Makefile
+++ b/misc/firestring/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	firestring
 PORTVERSION=	0.9.12
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	misc net devel
 MASTER_SITES=	http://freebsd.nsu.ru/distfiles/ \
 		http://www.firestuff.org/projects/ \
 		http://www.wa.apana.org.au/~dean/sources/ \
 		ftp://ftp.wa.apana.org.au/pub/pc/unix/packages/
 
 MAINTAINER=	dean@odyssey.apana.org.au
 COMMENT=	Library to make string handling easier in C
 WWW=		https://www.firestuff.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/GPL
 
+BROKEN=		Unfetchable
+DEPRECATED=	Upstream is gone and last release in 2004
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-04-30
+
 USES=		tar:bzip2
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	MANDIR=${PREFIX}/share/man
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 pre-configure:
 	@-${RM} ${WRKSRC}/firemake/*.orig
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>