diff --git devel/py-backports/Makefile devel/py-backports/Makefile
index dcb3a8c4b02f..94dca1a7ad75 100644
--- devel/py-backports/Makefile
+++ devel/py-backports/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ COMMENT=	Shared namespace shim for py-backports.* ports
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
+DEPRECATED=	Python 2 is EOL upstream
+EXPIRATION_DATE=	2020-12-31
+
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	flavors py3kplist