diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-pyIOSXR/Makefile b/net-mgmt/py-pyIOSXR/Makefile
index d908e59dc1ff..d70c50d57061 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/py-pyIOSXR/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/py-pyIOSXR/Makefile
@@ -1,22 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	pyIOSXR
 DISTVERSION=	0.53
 PORTREVISION=	5
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python API to interact with network devices running IOS-XR
 WWW=		https://github.com/fooelisa/pyiosxr
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
+DEPRECATED=	Upstream inactive since +8 years, code was integrated into py-napalm. Please use net-mgmt/py-napalm instead
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2026-07-31
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>=0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}lxml>=3.2.4:devel/py-lxml@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netmiko>=1.4.3:security/py-netmiko@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>