diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.port.mk b/share/mk/bsd.port.mk
index 3ee3bdc8c42..2a011ba9315 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ _PORTSDIR=	${.CURDIR}/${RELPATH}
 .endif
 .endfor
 _PORTSDIR?=	/usr/ports
-.if defined(.PARSEDIR)
 PORTSDIR=	${_PORTSDIR:tA}
-.else # fmake doesn't have :tA
-PORTSDIR!=	realpath ${_PORTSDIR}
-.endif
 .endif
 
 BSDPORTMK?=	${PORTSDIR}/Mk/bsd.port.mk
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk b/share/mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk
index 17fd7f973c6..14c0857f04b 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ _PORTSDIR=	${.CURDIR}/${RELPATH}
 .endif
 .endfor
 _PORTSDIR?=	/usr/ports
-.if defined(.PARSEDIR)
 PORTSDIR=	${_PORTSDIR:tA}
-.else # fmake doesn't have :tA
-PORTSDIR!=	realpath ${_PORTSDIR}
-.endif
 .endif
 
 BSDPORTSUBDIRMK?=	${PORTSDIR}/Mk/bsd.port.subdir.mk