diff --git a/net-mgmt/py-pynxos/Makefile b/net-mgmt/py-pynxos/Makefile
index 34a699b2eae6..9ab4231bf206 100644
--- a/net-mgmt/py-pynxos/Makefile
+++ b/net-mgmt/py-pynxos/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 PORTNAME=	pynxos
 DISTVERSION=	0.0.5
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	net-mgmt python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	kai@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python client for managing Cisco NX-OS devices through NX-API
 WWW=		https://github.com/networktocode/pynxos
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
+DEPRECATED=	Upstream inactive since +7 years, was used by py-napalm for a while, until it was replaced by py-nxapi-plumbing. Please use net-mgmt/py-napalm instead
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2026-07-31
+
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}future>0:devel/py-future@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}requests>=2.7.0:www/py-requests@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scp>0:security/py-scp@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils autoplist
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>