diff --git a/audio/beast/Makefile b/audio/beast/Makefile
index d42461d621ec..64a7287cfd63 100644
--- a/audio/beast/Makefile
+++ b/audio/beast/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ COMMENT=	Powerful music composition and modular synthesis application
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
+DEPRECATED=	4.5 years old version, six versions behind, requires old toolchain, and unmaintained.
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2018-01-04
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libasound.so:audio/alsa-lib \
 		libmad.so:audio/libmad \
 		libvorbisfile.so:audio/libvorbis \