diff --git a/benchmarks/iozone21/Makefile b/benchmarks/iozone21/Makefile
index 94f9451093c1..761fc42ef7df 100644
--- a/benchmarks/iozone21/Makefile
+++ b/benchmarks/iozone21/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	iozone
 PORTVERSION=	2.01
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	benchmarks
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://ftp.cs.uni-sb.de/pub/others/
 EXTRACT_SUFX=	.shar.gz
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	21
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Performance Test of Sequential File I/O (older version)
 WWW=		https://www.iozone.org/
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandoned and obsolete version, superseded by benchmarks/iozone (3.x). Consider also migrating to benchmarks/fio 
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-04-30
+
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	iozone
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/iozone \
 		share/man/man1/iozone.1.gz
 
 EXTRACT_CMD=	( ${GZCAT} | ${AWK} '{if (/^\#!/) x++} {if(x) print $$0'}| ${SH} )
 EXTRACT_BEFORE_ARGS=	<
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	# empty
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	YES
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>