diff --git a/games/adonthell/Makefile b/games/adonthell/Makefile
index e6d007c63ec6..fae7d1d4238f 100644
--- a/games/adonthell/Makefile
+++ b/games/adonthell/Makefile
@@ -1,46 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	adonthell
 PORTVERSION=	0.3.8
 PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SAVANNAH
 DISTFILES=	${PORTNAME}-src-${PORTVERSION}${EXTRACT_SUFX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Role playing game engine
 WWW=		https://adonthell.nongnu.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libfreetype.so:print/freetype2 \
 		libogg.so:audio/libogg \
 		libvorbis.so:audio/libvorbis
 
 USES=		gettext gmake localbase pkgconfig python sdl
 USE_SDL=	mixer2 ttf2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-py-debug \
 		--disable-pyc \
-		--with-py-libs="$$(${PYTHON_CMD}-config --ldflags ${_PY_EMBED})" \
+		--with-py-libs="$$(${PYTHON_CMD}-config --ldflags --embed)" \
 		--with-python=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 PLIST_DIRS=	${DATADIR}/games
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/adonthell \
 		man/man6/adonthell.6.gz \
 		${DATADIR}/modules/adonthell.py \
 		${DATADIR}/modules/dialogue.py
 
-.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
-
-# The "--embed" flag was introduced with Python 3.8 and is required because
-# C extensions are no longer linked to libpython since Python 3.8 and onwards.
-#
-# See also https://bugs.python.org/issue36721 for reference.
-.if ${PYTHON_REL} >= 30800
-_PY_EMBED=	--embed
-.endif
-
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's,adonthell-0.3,adonthell,g' ${WRKSRC}/src/Makefile.in
 
-.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.mk>