diff --git a/devel/pear-htmlpurifier/Makefile b/devel/pear-htmlpurifier/Makefile
index d13b736dd569..ba7d28c8cc52 100644
--- a/devel/pear-htmlpurifier/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pear-htmlpurifier/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	htmlpurifier
 PORTVERSION=	4.15.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel pear www
 MASTER_SITES=	http://htmlpurifier.org/get/ \
 		LOCAL
 DISTNAME=	HTMLPurifier-${PORTVERSION}
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PEAR_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	PHP HTML filter library
 WWW=		http://htmlpurifier.org/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
-PEAR_CHANNEL=	htmlpurifier.org
+DEPRECATED=	Unfetchable as the pear channel no longer works
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2023-09-30
+
 USES=		cpe pear
+PEAR_CHANNEL=	htmlpurifier.org
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>