diff --git a/databases/ldb25/Makefile b/databases/ldb25/Makefile
index 69df3c7b72cf..0729907ac55d 100644
--- a/databases/ldb25/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ldb25/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ TEST_DEPENDS=	${LDB_DEPENDS} \
 		cmocka>=1.1.3:sysutils/cmocka
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LDB_DEPENDS}
 
-USES=		compiler ldap pkgconfig waf
+USES=		compiler ldap localbase:ldflags pkgconfig waf
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	ldb[0-9][0-9] # include/ldb.h
 
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ PLIST_FILES=	${LDB_BINS} \
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-CFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
-
 # Some symbols in ldb's linker version scripts are not defined, but since the
 # scripts are generated dynamically, suppress errors with lld >= 17 due to these
 # undefined symbols.
diff --git a/databases/ldb25/files/patch-wscript b/databases/ldb25/files/patch-wscript
index ff413e81afff..81600dc38d83 100644
--- a/databases/ldb25/files/patch-wscript
+++ b/databases/ldb25/files/patch-wscript
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
          if not 'PACKAGE_VERSION' in bld.env:
              bld.env.PACKAGE_VERSION = VERSION
 -        bld.env.PKGCONFIGDIR = '${LIBDIR}/pkgconfig'
-+        bld.env.PKGCONFIGDIR = '/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig'
++        bld.env.PKGCONFIGDIR = '%%PKGCONFIGDIR%%'
          private_library = False
      else:
          private_library = True