diff --git a/Formula/winexe.rb b/Formula/winexe.rb
index aae772642d7e9..826c154d327ce 100644
--- a/Formula/winexe.rb
+++ b/Formula/winexe.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class Winexe < Formula
     sha256 cellar: :any_skip_relocation, el_capitan:  "58080b3729c9b261a65c7db2072ec867176bfd6a802c23f9b343feb44592789a"
   end
 
+  deprecate! date: "2022-07-26", because: "depends on Python 2 to build"
+
   depends_on "autoconf" => :build
   depends_on "pkg-config" => :build