diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vcs-clean.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vcs-clean.eclass
index e4c61ac716..719bdec176 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vcs-clean.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/vcs-clean.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # @ECLASS: vcs-clean.eclass
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@
 # @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 5 6 7 8
 # @BLURB: helper functions to remove VCS directories
 
-case ${EAPI} in
-	5|6|7|8) ;;
-	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
-esac
-
 if [[ -z ${_VCS_CLEAN_ECLASS} ]] ; then
 _VCS_CLEAN_ECLASS=1
 
+case ${EAPI} in
+	5|6)
+		ewarn "${CATEGORY}/${PF}: ebuild uses ${ECLASS} with deprecated EAPI ${EAPI}!"
+		ewarn "${CATEGORY}/${PF}: Support will be removed on 2024-10-08. Please port to newer EAPI."
+		;;
+	7|8) ;;
+	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
+esac
+
 # @FUNCTION: ecvs_clean
 # @USAGE: [list of dirs]
 # @DESCRIPTION: