diff --git a/textproc/apertium-eng/Makefile b/textproc/apertium-eng/Makefile
index c2037041bb2c..07b573df6932 100644
--- a/textproc/apertium-eng/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/apertium-eng/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	apertium-eng
 PORTVERSION=	0.1.0.20220212
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Apertium monolingual language package for English
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	apertium>0:textproc/apertium
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcg3.so:textproc/cg3
 
 USES=		autoreconf gmake pathfix pkgconfig python
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	apertium
 GH_TAGNAME=	b230738
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|python3|${PYTHON_CMD}|g ; \
-		s|^pkgconfigdir.*|pkgconfigdir = ${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig| ' \
-		${WRKSRC}/Makefile.am
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>