diff --git a/graphics/libsvg/Makefile b/graphics/libsvg/Makefile
index 5812282d468e..e8ca39b21ca6 100644
--- a/graphics/libsvg/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/libsvg/Makefile
@@ -1,27 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	libsvg
 PORTVERSION=	0.1.4
 PORTREVISION=	11
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	http://cairographics.org/snapshots/
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Parser for SVG content in files or buffers
 WWW=		http://cairographics.org/libsvg
 
+DEPRECATED=	Abandoned upstream, obsolete and fails to build with newer versions of libxml2. Consider migrating to librsvg or (lib)resvg
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2024-07-31
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libpng.so:graphics/png
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USES=		gnome iconv jpeg libtool pathfix pkgconfig
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 
 PLIST_FILES=	include/svg.h \
 		lib/libsvg.a \
 		lib/libsvg.so \
 		lib/libsvg.so.1 \
 		lib/libsvg.so.1.0.0 \
 		libdata/pkgconfig/libsvg.pc
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>