diff --git a/graphics/R-cran-rtiff/Makefile b/graphics/R-cran-rtiff/Makefile
index c1948aadf9a4..19a28b7d4a04 100644
--- a/graphics/R-cran-rtiff/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/R-cran-rtiff/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	rtiff
 PORTVERSION=	1.4.8
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	tota@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	TIFF reader for R
 WWW=		https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rtiff/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
+DEPRECATED=	Fails to build and abandoned upstream
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2023-11-30
+BROKEN=		does not build
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libtiff.so:graphics/tiff
 CRAN_DEPENDS=	R-cran-pixmap>0:graphics/R-cran-pixmap
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${CRAN_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>