diff --git a/eclass/emboss-r2.eclass b/eclass/emboss-r2.eclass
index bcab338ad614c..1fb7369304a79 100644
--- a/eclass/emboss-r2.eclass
+++ b/eclass/emboss-r2.eclass
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# @DEAD
+# Removal on 2022-03-15.
+
 # @ECLASS: emboss-r2.eclass
 # @MAINTAINER:
 # sci-biology@gentoo.org