diff --git a/audio/xfce4-mixer/Makefile b/audio/xfce4-mixer/Makefile
index 4f8b3541d890..5c7ae0fe92cb 100644
--- a/audio/xfce4-mixer/Makefile
+++ b/audio/xfce4-mixer/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	Volume control for the Xfce desktop
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Unsupported upstream since 2015. Try using audio/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin.
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libdbus-glib-1.so:devel/dbus-glib \
 		libdbus-1.so:devel/dbus \
 		libunique-1.0.so:x11-toolkits/unique \
diff --git a/print/xfce4-print/Makefile b/print/xfce4-print/Makefile
index 2007824cf22b..9b57c952ce7d 100644
--- a/print/xfce4-print/Makefile
+++ b/print/xfce4-print/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ COMMENT=	Print system support for the Xfce Desktop
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Unsupported upstream since 2009.
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	a2ps:print/a2ps
 RUN_DEPENDS=	a2ps:print/a2ps
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
diff --git a/x11/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin/Makefile b/x11/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin/Makefile
index dd5c26bae65e..db64b5e00ba6 100644
--- a/x11/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	Quicklauncher plugin for Xfce
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Unsupported upstream since 2009, no active source repository.
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 
diff --git a/x11/xfce4-wmdock-plugin/Makefile b/x11/xfce4-wmdock-plugin/Makefile
index ad025e784fd5..19be987dc3d7 100644
--- a/x11/xfce4-wmdock-plugin/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xfce4-wmdock-plugin/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ COMMENT=	WMdock plugin for Xfce
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 
+DEPRECATED=	Unsupported upstream since 2013, no active source repository.
+
 USES=		compiler:c11 gettext-tools gmake gnome libtool pkgconfig \
 		tar:bzip2 xfce:gtk2 xorg
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gtk20 intltool libwnck