diff --git a/MOVED b/MOVED
index 538e96a14e797..9a9c9a630c4f7 100644
--- a/MOVED
+++ b/MOVED
@@ -7637,3 +7637,4 @@ archivers/libunrar|archivers/libunrar6|2023-06-06|Remove obsoleted port. Use arc
 x11/radare-cutter||2023-06-07|Has expired: Cutter for radare has been discontinued as Cutter has moved to use rizin as their backend framework
 security/py-sequoia||2023-06-09|Deprecated upstream, broken as based on older dependency
 audio/hvl2wav|audio/ocp|2023-06-10|Has expired: Abandoned upstream, use audio/ocp instead
+x11/thinglaunch|x11/thingylaunch|2023-06-10|Has expired: Abandonware, please use x11/thingylaunch instead
diff --git a/x11/Makefile b/x11/Makefile
index a55584ea428a5..36f3b31407a66 100644
--- a/x11/Makefile
+++ b/x11/Makefile
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@
     SUBDIR += terminal.app
     SUBDIR += terminator
     SUBDIR += terminology
-    SUBDIR += thinglaunch
     SUBDIR += thingylaunch
     SUBDIR += tilda
     SUBDIR += tilix
diff --git a/x11/thinglaunch/Makefile b/x11/thinglaunch/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7abd835e2ced1..0000000000000
--- a/x11/thinglaunch/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-PORTNAME=	thinglaunch
-PORTVERSION=	1.8
-PORTREVISION=	3
-CATEGORIES=	x11
-MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/ehaupt
-
-MAINTAINER=	ehaupt@FreeBSD.org
-COMMENT=	Very fast launcher program for X
-WWW=		http://unix.freecode.com/projects/thinglaunch/
-
-LICENSE=	MIT
-
-DEPRECATED=	Abandonware, please use x11/thingylaunch instead
-EXPIRATION_DATE=	2023-06-10
-
-USES=		xorg
-USE_XORG=	x11 xorgproto
-
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include -lX11
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
-
-PLIST_FILES=	bin/thinglaunch
-
-do-build:
-	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}.c \
-		-o ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}
-
-do-install:
-	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-
-.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/thinglaunch/distinfo b/x11/thinglaunch/distinfo
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b93b637e875e..0000000000000
--- a/x11/thinglaunch/distinfo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-SHA256 (thinglaunch-1.8.tar.gz) = 675ebfb65aabe5dc620e1594a9f500812d3327e4761e3bd947dc4a474c758fd1
-SIZE (thinglaunch-1.8.tar.gz) = 3303
diff --git a/x11/thinglaunch/files/patch-thinglaunch.c b/x11/thinglaunch/files/patch-thinglaunch.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e9c55acb82eb..0000000000000
--- a/x11/thinglaunch/files/patch-thinglaunch.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
---- thinglaunch.c.orig	2004-09-20 14:27:56 UTC
-+++ thinglaunch.c
-@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@
-  */
- #include <X11/Xlib.h>
- #include <X11/Xutil.h>
-+#include <X11/keysymdef.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <string.h>
-+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
-+#include <libgen.h>
-+#endif
- 
- static void createWindow();
- static void setupGC();
-@@ -50,10 +54,13 @@ unsigned long black, white;
- 
- /* the actual commandline */
- char command[MAXCMD+1];
-+size_t cursor_pos;
- 
- int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
- 
- 	command[0] = 0x0;
-+	cursor_pos = 0;
-+
- 	createWindow();
- 
- 	setupGC();
-@@ -209,15 +216,15 @@ static void redraw() {
- 
- 	int font_height;
- 	int textwidth;
--	
-+
- 	font_height = font_info->ascent + font_info->descent;
--	textwidth = XTextWidth(font_info, command, strlen(command));
-+	textwidth = XTextWidth(font_info, command, cursor_pos);
- 
- 	XFillRectangle(display, win, rectgc, 0, 0, WINWIDTH, WINHEIGHT);
- 	XDrawRectangle(display, win, gc, 0, 0, WINWIDTH-1, WINHEIGHT-1);
- 	XDrawString(display, win, gc, 2, font_height+2, command, strlen(command));
--	XDrawLine(display, win, gc, 2 + textwidth, font_height + 2,
--			2 + textwidth + 10, font_height+2);
-+	XDrawLine(display, win, gc, 2 + textwidth, font_height + 4,
-+			2 + textwidth + 10, font_height+4);
- 
- 	XFlush(display);
- 
-@@ -229,22 +236,36 @@ static void keypress(XKeyEvent * keyeven
- #define KEYBUFLEN 20
- 	char buffer[KEYBUFLEN+1];
- 	KeySym key_symbol;
--	int len;
-+	int len, tmp_pos;
- 
- 	len = XLookupString(keyevent, buffer, 1, &key_symbol, NULL);
- 	buffer[len] = 0x0;
-+	len = strlen(command);
- 
- 	switch(key_symbol) {
--		case 0xff1b: /* this is escape */
-+		case XK_Escape:
- 			exit(0);
- 			break;
--		case 0xff08: /* backspace */
--			len = strlen(command);
--			if (len > 0) {
--				command[len-1] = 0x0;
--			}
-+		case XK_BackSpace:
-+			if (cursor_pos)
-+			    for (tmp_pos = --cursor_pos; tmp_pos <= len; tmp_pos++)
-+				command[tmp_pos] = command[tmp_pos+1];
- 			break;
--		case 0xff0d: /* enter */
-+		case XK_Left:
-+			if (cursor_pos)
-+			    cursor_pos--;
-+			break;
-+		case XK_Right:
-+			if (cursor_pos < len)
-+			    cursor_pos++;
-+			break;
-+		case XK_Home:
-+			cursor_pos = 0;
-+			break;
-+		case XK_End:
-+			cursor_pos = len;
-+			break;
-+		case XK_Return:
- 			execcmd();
- 			break;
- 		default:
-@@ -253,10 +274,11 @@ static void keypress(XKeyEvent * keyeven
- 
- 	/* normal printable chars */
- 	if (key_symbol >= 0x20 && key_symbol <= 0x7e) {
--		len = strlen(command);
- 		if (len < MAXCMD) {
--			command[len] = buffer[0];
--			command[len+1] = 0x0;
-+		    if (cursor_pos != len)
-+			for (tmp_pos = len; tmp_pos > cursor_pos; tmp_pos--)
-+			    command[tmp_pos] = command[tmp_pos-1];
-+		    command[cursor_pos++] = buffer[0];
- 		}
- 	}
- 	redraw();
diff --git a/x11/thinglaunch/pkg-descr b/x11/thinglaunch/pkg-descr
deleted file mode 100644
index efa33b8b6b7de..0000000000000
--- a/x11/thinglaunch/pkg-descr
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Thinglaunch is a very fast launcher program for X.
-
-You can bind it to a key in your favorite window manager, and when you want to
-start a program, just type its name. thinglaunch has a tiny footprint and
-depends only on Xlib.