diff --git a/editors/mg/Makefile b/editors/mg/Makefile
index 6db8a3b90a71..c7320e0d4345 100644
--- a/editors/mg/Makefile
+++ b/editors/mg/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	mg
 DISTVERSION=	20231016
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=   https://hydrus.org.uk/downloads/
 
 MAINTAINER=	cdr.nil@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Small, fast Emacs-like editor
 WWW=		https://man.openbsd.org/mg
 
 LICENSE=	PD
 
-USES=		ncurses
-STAGEOWN=	${USER}
-# replace with STAGEGRP=${.MAKE.GID} once FreeBSD 12 is EOL
-STAGEGRP!=	id -gn
-MAKE_ARGS+=	BINOWN=${STAGEOWN} BINGRP=${STAGEGRP} MANOWN=${STAGEOWN} \
-		MANGRP=${STAGEGRP} BINDIR=${PREFIX}/bin \
-		MANDIR=${PREFIX}/man/man NCURSESLIB=${NCURSESLIB} \
-		NCURSESINC=${NCURSESINC}
+USES=		ncurses uidfix
+MAKE_ARGS+=	BINDIR=${PREFIX}/bin MANDIR=${PREFIX}/man/man \
+		NCURSESLIB=${NCURSESLIB} NCURSESINC=${NCURSESINC}
 FLAVORS=	dynamic static
 FLAVOR?=	${FLAVORS:[1]}
 static_PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-static
 .if ${FLAVOR} == static
 COMMENT+=	(rescue(8) version)
 MAKE_ARGS+= 	NO_SHARED=yes
 PLIST_FILES=	/rescue/mg
 .else
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/mg \
 		man/man1/mg.1.gz
 PORTDOCS=	README tutorial
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 .endif
 
 .if ${FLAVOR} == static
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/rescue
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/mg ${STAGEDIR}/rescue
 .else
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>