diff --git a/irc/bitchx/Makefile b/irc/bitchx/Makefile
index 703f708b1717..023fb3ec6181 100644
--- a/irc/bitchx/Makefile
+++ b/irc/bitchx/Makefile
@@ -1,87 +1,90 @@
 PORTNAME=	bitchx
 PORTVERSION=	1.2.1
 PORTREVISION=	4
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES+=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/ircii-pana/${PORTNAME}-${DISTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Feature-rich scriptable IRC client
 WWW=		http://www.bitchx.org/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYRIGHT
 
+DEPRECATED=	Last stable release 2014, last upstream commit in 2019. There have been multiple concerns over security and it also lacks unicode support. Please consider using irc/irssi  
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-03-31
+
 USES=		cpe gmake ncurses
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--exec-prefix="${PREFIX}/share" \
 		--bindir="${PREFIX}/bin" \
 		--datadir="${PREFIX}/share" \
 		--libdir="${PREFIX}/share"
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL?=	zh-bitchx
 
 DATADIR=	${PREFIX}/share/bx
 DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/bx/help
 
 PLIST_SUB+=	DISTVERSION=${DISTVERSION}
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS LANG_HE IPV6 LATIN PLUGINS SSL TOGGLES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	PLUGINS SSL
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 LATIN_DESC=	Recommended for ISO-8859-1 display
 PLUGINS_DESC=	Build a handful of BitchX plugins
 TOGGLES_DESC=	Disable annoyance toggles
 
 IPV6_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	ipv6
 PLUGINS_CONFIGURE_WITH=	plugins="${PLUGIN_LIST:C/\$$/,/g}"
 SSL_USES=		ssl
 SSL_CONFIGURE_WITH=	ssl="${OPENSSLBASE}"
 
 PLUGIN_LIST=	abot acro arcfour autocycle blowfish cavlink cdrom encrypt \
 		europa fserv hint nap nicklist pkga possum qbx qmail wavplay
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ( ${OSVERSION} >= 1400091 || ( ${OSVERSION} >= 1302507 && ${OSVERSION} < 1400000 ))
 CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|bzip2|true|g' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|SSLeay|ERR_get_error|' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 post-patch-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/bitchx-docs && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 post-patch-LANG_HE-on:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|#undef WANT_HEBREW|#define WANT_HEBREW|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/include/config.h
 
 post-patch-LATIN-on:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|#undef LATIN1|#define LATIN1|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/include/config.h
 
 post-patch-TOGGLES-on:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|DEFAULT_AUTO_AWAY ON|DEFAULT_AUTO_AWAY OFF|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/include/config.h
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|DEFAULT_KICK_OPS ON|DEFAULT_KICK_OPS OFF|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/include/config.h
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|DEFAULT_AUTO_REJOIN ON|DEFAULT_AUTO_REJOIN OFF|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/include/config.h
 
 post-stage:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/*
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/bx/wserv
 
 post-stage-PLUGINS-on:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/bx/plugins/*.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>