diff --git a/net/ulxmlrpcpp/Makefile b/net/ulxmlrpcpp/Makefile
index dde24df9a0b7..d4a11f048efe 100644
--- a/net/ulxmlrpcpp/Makefile
+++ b/net/ulxmlrpcpp/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	ulxmlrpcpp
 PORTVERSION=	1.7.5
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	net devel
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ultra lightweight xml-rpc library written in C++
 WWW=		http://ulxmlrpcpp.sourceforge.net/
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libexpat.so:textproc/expat2
 
-WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
+USES=		compiler:c++11-lang iconv libtool localbase:ldflags \
+		pathfix ssl tar:bzip2
+USE_CXXSTD=	c++14
+USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang tar:bzip2 pathfix iconv libtool ssl
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	PTHREAD_LIBS="-lpthread"
+
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
-USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
+WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e \
 		'/^SUBDIRS/s| docs | |g' ${WRKSRC}/ulxmlrpcpp/Makefile.in
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>