diff --git a/package/blackbox/Config.in b/package/blackbox/Config.in
index e9086550d..8b61c735e 100644
--- a/package/blackbox/Config.in
+++ b/package/blackbox/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BLACKBOX
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	# upstream dead since 2005
+	depends on BR2_DEPRECATED_SINCE_2014_08
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBX11
 	help