diff --git a/textproc/sary/Makefile b/textproc/sary/Makefile
index 07d0e46d8dbf..dff322b8c788 100644
--- a/textproc/sary/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/sary/Makefile
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Suffix array library and tools, which provide fast full-text search
 WWW=		https://sary.sourceforge.net/index.html.en
 
+DEPRECATED=	Last release in 2005 and unmaintained in tree for years
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-04-30
+
 USES=		gnome libtool pathfix pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes