diff --git a/databases/recoll/Makefile b/databases/recoll/Makefile
index 8acaa16b992..2fe704faafe 100644
--- a/databases/recoll/Makefile
+++ b/databases/recoll/Makefile
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ MODULES=	devel/meson \
 		x11/qt6
 MODPY_ADJ_FILES=filters/*.py filters/rclepub
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=		devel/cmake/core \
-			devel/gmake \
-			devel/py-setuptools \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=		devel/py-setuptools \
 			textproc/aspell/core
 
 LIB_DEPENDS-main=	databases/xapian-core \
@@ -61,13 +59,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS-gui=	${FULLPKGNAME-main}:${FULLPKGPATH-main} \
 
 CONFIGURE_ENV=		QMAKE="${MODQT_QMAKE}"
 MAKE_ENV=		MAKE_JOBS=${MAKE_JOBS} \
-			MAKE=gmake \
 			QMAKE="${MODQT_QMAKE}"
 
-# #CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" LDFLAGS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib" \
-#       export QMAKE=qmake6
-#       export MAKE="gmake"
-
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=		-Dpython-aspell=false \
 			-Dpython-chm=false \
 			-Dinotify=false \
diff --git a/devel/libgit2/libgit2-glib/Makefile b/devel/libgit2/libgit2-glib/Makefile
index 77df3e2af9c..630bfebf78f 100644
--- a/devel/libgit2/libgit2-glib/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libgit2/libgit2-glib/Makefile
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=		devel/libgit2/libgit2
 # MODPY_LIBDIR/gi/overrides/
 RUN_DEPENDS=		devel/py-gobject3
 
-USE_GMAKE=		Yes
-
 WANTLIB += gio-2.0 git2 glib-2.0 gobject-2.0
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/graphics/cairo/Makefile b/graphics/cairo/Makefile
index 95e1abcf4ff..179d31b723a 100644
--- a/graphics/cairo/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/cairo/Makefile
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ WANTLIB += z
 MODULES=		devel/meson \
 			x11/gnome
 
-USE_GMAKE=		Yes
-
 LIB_DEPENDS=		archivers/lzo2 \
 			devel/glib2 \
 			graphics/png
diff --git a/net/telepathy/Makefile.inc b/net/telepathy/Makefile.inc
index 2f090159ce9..137053df134 100644
--- a/net/telepathy/Makefile.inc
+++ b/net/telepathy/Makefile.inc
@@ -18,6 +18,4 @@ PERMIT_PACKAGE?=	Yes
 
 MAINTAINER ?=		Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@openbsd.org>
 
-USE_GMAKE?=	Yes
-
 CONFIGURE_STYLE?=gnu
diff --git a/net/telepathy/telepathy-glib/Makefile b/net/telepathy/telepathy-glib/Makefile
index 25f89c59489..854b5eb9930 100644
--- a/net/telepathy/telepathy-glib/Makefile
+++ b/net/telepathy/telepathy-glib/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ MODPY_RUNDEP=           No
 # https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=76495
 MODPY_ADJ_FILES=	tests/all-errors-documented.py
 
+USE_GMAKE=		Yes
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=		devel/gobject-introspection>=1.30.0 \
 			lang/vala \
 			textproc/libxslt
@@ -25,6 +27,5 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=		x11/dbus-glib
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-introspection \
 			--enable-vala-bindings
-#CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-backtrace (add -llibexecinfo)
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/telepathy/telepathy-idle/Makefile b/net/telepathy/telepathy-idle/Makefile
index 53efc7d989d..76c1c68e36a 100644
--- a/net/telepathy/telepathy-idle/Makefile
+++ b/net/telepathy/telepathy-idle/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ MODULES=		lang/python
 
 MODPY_RUNDEP=		No
 
+USE_GMAKE=		Yes
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=		devel/gettext,-tools \
 			devel/py-twisted \
 			textproc/libxslt
diff --git a/net/telepathy/telepathy-logger/Makefile b/net/telepathy/telepathy-logger/Makefile
index cc3b9582fc6..0bfe223fc57 100644
--- a/net/telepathy/telepathy-logger/Makefile
+++ b/net/telepathy/telepathy-logger/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ MODULES=	devel/dconf \
 
 MODPY_RUNDEP=	No
 
+USE_GMAKE=	Yes
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	devel/gobject-introspection \
 		devel/py-twisted \
 		textproc/libxslt
diff --git a/net/telepathy/telepathy-mission-control/Makefile b/net/telepathy/telepathy-mission-control/Makefile
index 2cba8ab48de..8b5475119e1 100644
--- a/net/telepathy/telepathy-mission-control/Makefile
+++ b/net/telepathy/telepathy-mission-control/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ MODULES=		devel/dconf \
 
 MODPY_RUNDEP=		No
 
+USE_GMAKE=		Yes
+
 BUILD_DEPENDS=		textproc/libxslt
 LIB_DEPENDS=		net/telepathy/telepathy-glib>=0.18.0