diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/mailing-lists.ent b/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/mailing-lists.ent
index 0155e82582..3635f93b2a 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/mailing-lists.ent
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/share/sgml/mailing-lists.ent
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
 <!ENTITY a.aic7xxx "<ulink url='&a.aic7xxx.url;'>FreeBSD Adaptec AIC7xxx discussions mailing list</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.aic7xxx.name "<ulink url='&a.aic7xxx.url;'>freebsd-aic7xxx</ulink>">
 
-<!ENTITY a.alpha.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-alpha">
-<!ENTITY a.alpha "<ulink url='&a.alpha.url;'>FreeBSD Alpha porting mailing list</ulink>">
-<!ENTITY a.alpha.name "<ulink url='&a.alpha.url;'>freebsd-alpha</ulink>">
-
 <!ENTITY a.amd64.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-amd64">
 <!ENTITY a.amd64 "<ulink url='&a.amd64.url;'>Porting FreeBSD to AMD64 systems</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.amd64.name "<ulink url='&a.amd64.url;'>freebsd-amd64</ulink>">
@@ -361,10 +357,6 @@
 <!ENTITY a.python "<ulink url='&a.python.url;'>FreeBSD Python mailing list</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.python.name "<ulink url='&a.python.url;'>freebsd-python</ulink>">
 
-<!ENTITY a.qa.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-qa">
-<!ENTITY a.qa "<ulink url='&a.qa.url;'>FreeBSD Quality Assurance mailing list</ulink>">
-<!ENTITY a.qa.name "<ulink url='&a.qa.url;'>freebsd-qa</ulink>">
-
 <!ENTITY a.questions.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-questions">
 <!ENTITY a.questions "<ulink url='&a.questions.url;'>FreeBSD general questions mailing list</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.questions.name "<ulink url='&a.questions.url;'>freebsd-questions</ulink>">
@@ -397,10 +389,6 @@
 <!ENTITY a.small "<ulink url='&a.small.url;'>FreeBSD-small mailing list</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.small.name "<ulink url='&a.small.url;'>freebsd-small</ulink>">
 
-<!ENTITY a.smp.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-smp">
-<!ENTITY a.smp "<ulink url='&a.smp.url;'>FreeBSD symmetric multiprocessing mailing list</ulink>">
-<!ENTITY a.smp.name "<ulink url='&a.smp.url;'>freebsd-smp</ulink>">
-
 <!ENTITY a.sparc.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-sparc64">
 <!ENTITY a.sparc "<ulink url='&a.sparc.url;'>FreeBSD SPARC porting mailing list</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.sparc.name "<ulink url='&a.sparc.url;'>freebsd-sparc64</ulink>">
@@ -546,3 +534,20 @@ infrastructure</ulink>">
 <!ENTITY a.bugsubmit "&a.bugfollowup;">
 
 <!ENTITY a.majordomo "<email>majordomo@FreeBSD.org</email>">
+
+<!--
+     The following mailinglists are deactivated.  Keep them until all references
+     in the documentation are gone.
+-->
+
+<!ENTITY a.alpha.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-alpha">
+<!ENTITY a.alpha "<ulink url='&a.alpha.url;'>FreeBSD Alpha porting mailing list</ulink>">
+<!ENTITY a.alpha.name "<ulink url='&a.alpha.url;'>freebsd-alpha</ulink>">
+
+<!ENTITY a.qa.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-qa">
+<!ENTITY a.qa "<ulink url='&a.qa.url;'>FreeBSD Quality Assurance mailing list</ulink>">
+<!ENTITY a.qa.name "<ulink url='&a.qa.url;'>freebsd-qa</ulink>">
+
+<!ENTITY a.smp.url "&a.mailman.listinfo;/freebsd-smp">
+<!ENTITY a.smp "<ulink url='&a.smp.url;'>FreeBSD symmetric multiprocessing mailing list</ulink>">
+<!ENTITY a.smp.name "<ulink url='&a.smp.url;'>freebsd-smp</ulink>">