diff --git a/Aliases/boost-python@1.72 b/Aliases/boost-python@1.72
deleted file mode 120000
index 3146c5214b7..00000000000
--- a/Aliases/boost-python@1.72
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../Formula/boost-python.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Formula/boost-python.rb b/Formula/boost-python.rb
index edc0edf9296..216c8c5173a 100644
--- a/Formula/boost-python.rb
+++ b/Formula/boost-python.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class BoostPython < Formula
     sha256 "7300cdd1653d195336215d7c2374377e575f770b8b37ac6722abf41b65a86c46" => :high_sierra
   end
 
+  deprecate! date: "2020-01-01", because: "uses Python 2, which is no longer supported"
+
   depends_on "boost"
   depends_on :macos # Due to Python 2