diff --git a/graphics/ttyplot/Makefile b/graphics/ttyplot/Makefile
index d3303760d85b..81d81e61764e 100644
--- a/graphics/ttyplot/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/ttyplot/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 PORTNAME=	ttyplot
 DISTVERSION=	1.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 
 MAINTAINER=	0mp@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Realtime plotting utility for TTY with data input from stdin
 WWW=		https://github.com/tenox7/ttyplot
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		ncurses
+USES=		ncurses pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	tenox7
 
 MAKE_ARGS=	CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" MANPREFIX="${PREFIX}/share/man"
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME} share/man/man1/ttyplot.1.gz
 
+post-install:
+	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/ttyplot
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-Makefile b/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 442e508ff879..000000000000
--- a/graphics/ttyplot/files/patch-Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2024-09-20 14:10:26 UTC
-+++ Makefile
-@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra
- PREFIX    ?= /usr/local
- MANPREFIX ?= $(PREFIX)/man
- CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra
--CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags ncursesw`
--LDLIBS += `pkg-config --libs ncursesw` -lm
-+LDLIBS += -lcurses -lm
- 
- all: ttyplot stresstest
-