diff --git a/databases/php-xapian/Makefile b/databases/php-xapian/Makefile
index b7512eadd09e..23b33fa291cb 100644
--- a/databases/php-xapian/Makefile
+++ b/databases/php-xapian/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ WWW=		https://xapian.org/
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-DEPRECATED=	Requires php 7.4 which is set to expire on 2022-11-29
-EXPIRATION_DATE=2022-11-28
+DEPRECATED=	Requires php 7
+EXPIRATION_DATE=2023-03-31
+BROKEN=		Requires php 7 which has expired but php 8 support is WIP
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	xapian-core>=${PORTVERSION}:databases/xapian-core
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libxapian.so:databases/xapian-core
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--datarootdir=${DATADIR} \
 		--without-tcl
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	PHP_CONFIG=${LOCALBASE}/bin/php-config
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-IGNORE_WITH_PHP=80 81 82	# https://trac.xapian.org/ticket/817
+IGNORE_WITH_PHP=81 82	# https://trac.xapian.org/ticket/817
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 USE_CXXSTD=	c++11