diff --git a/irc/ninja/Makefile b/irc/ninja/Makefile
index f6f1e7c3e511..1a3ae8f81814 100644
--- a/irc/ninja/Makefile
+++ b/irc/ninja/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	ninja
 PORTVERSION=	1.5.8.1
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	irc-
 MASTER_SITES=	http://www.bayofrum.net/dist/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Another ircII based irc client
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, last release around 2002 and upstream is gone. Consider irc/ircII or irc/irssi
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-03-31
+
 USES=		ncurses
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	IRCLIB="${DATADIR}"
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ( ${OSVERSION} >= 1400091 || ( ${OSVERSION} >= 1302507 && ${OSVERSION} < 1400000 ))
 CFLAGS+=	-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types
 .endif
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/ninja ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/ninjawserv ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/translation
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/translation/* ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/translation
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>