diff --git a/devel/qt5/Makefile b/devel/qt5/Makefile
index e970fb458457..b3f005def417 100644
--- a/devel/qt5/Makefile
+++ b/devel/qt5/Makefile
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 PORTNAME=	qt5
 DISTVERSION=	${QT5_VERSION}
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cross-platform application and UI framework (metaport)
 WWW=		https://www.qt.io/
 
 # * phonon4 is not part of Qt itself.
 # * we don't want to pull in wayland just yet.
 # XXX(rene) exclude webengine
-USE_QT=		${_USE_QT_ALL:Nphonon4:Ndeclarative:Nwayland:Nwebengine:S/$/_run/}
+USE_QT=		${_USE_QT_ALL:Nphonon4:Ndeclarative:Nwayland:Nwebengine:S/$/:run/}
 USES=		metaport qt:5
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/qt6/Makefile b/devel/qt6/Makefile
index e37618e2bf64..c4e795320e42 100644
--- a/devel/qt6/Makefile
+++ b/devel/qt6/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 PORTNAME=	qt6
 DISTVERSION=	${QT6_VERSION}
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	kde@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cross-platform application and UI framework (metaport)
 WWW=		https://www.qt.io/
 
 USES=		metaport qt:6
-USE_QT=		${_USE_QT_ALL:S/$/_run/}
+USE_QT=		${_USE_QT_ALL:S/$/:run/}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>