diff --git a/mail/spamassassin/Makefile b/mail/spamassassin/Makefile
index 91ca05b5c239..e52b53e4a706 100644
--- a/mail/spamassassin/Makefile
+++ b/mail/spamassassin/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	spamassassin
 PORTVERSION=	3.4.0
-PORTREVISION?=	16	# also bump japanese/spamassassin
+PORTREVISION?=	17	# also bump japanese/spamassassin
 CATEGORIES?=	mail perl5
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_APACHE:S/$/:apache/} ${MASTER_SITE_PERL_CPAN:S/$/:cpan/}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	spamassassin/source/:apache Mail/:cpan
diff --git a/mail/spamassassin/files/sa-spamd.in b/mail/spamassassin/files/sa-spamd.in
index 91309dbdc9fc..851de485f4e8 100644
--- a/mail/spamassassin/files/sa-spamd.in
+++ b/mail/spamassassin/files/sa-spamd.in
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ restart_precmd="precmd"
 pidfile=${spamd_pidfile:-"/var/run/${name}/${name}.pid"}
 command=%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}
 command_args="-d -r ${pidfile}"
-command_interpreter="%%PREFIX%%/bin/perl"
+#command_interpreter="%%PREFIX%%/bin/perl"
 required_dirs="%%PREFIX%%/share/spamassassin"
 
 precmd()