diff --git a/ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex/Makefile
index 5989cdcd2138..49e39104bf49 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	FreeBSD-Portindex
 PORTVERSION=	3.6
 CATEGORIES=	ports-mgmt perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/portindex/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 
 MAINTAINER=	matthew@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Incremental FreeBSD ports INDEX file generation
 WWW=		https://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/portindex/
 
+DEPRECATED=	Not working, and no fix forthcoming
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2023-03-31	
+
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-BerkeleyDB>0:databases/p5-BerkeleyDB
 
 USES=		perl5 tar:xz
 USE_PERL5=	configure
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 CACHE_DIR?=	/var/db/portindex
 CACHE_OWNER?=	root
 CACHE_GROUP?=	operator
 CACHE_MODE?=	0775
 
 CFG_FILE=	portindex.cfg
 
 PLIST_SUB+=	CACHE_DIR=${CACHE_DIR} \
 		CACHE_OWNER=${CACHE_OWNER} \
 		CACHE_GROUP=${CACHE_GROUP} \
 		CACHE_MODE=${CACHE_MODE}
 
 # GraphViz not required for portindex to run or generate GraphViz
 # format output: this is only needed to render the output on the same
 # machine.
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	GRAPHVIZ
 GRAPHVIZ_DESC=	Add GraphViz run-time dependency
 GRAPHVIZ_RUN_DEPENDS=	dot:graphics/graphviz
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${CACHE_DIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/${CFG_FILE}.sample ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/${CFG_FILE}.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>