diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index e3e515beb2d0b..bcb1c4465c4ae 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> (2022-03-07)
+# Obsolete by >=sci-chemistry/openbabel-3[perl].
+# Bug #834261. Removal on 2022-04-06.
+sci-chemistry/openbabel-perl
+
 # Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> (2022-03-07)
 # Proprietary, requires login to download, no maintainer, blocks cleanup.
 # Bug #770499. Removal on 2022-04-06.