diff --git a/editors/xemacs-packages/Makefile b/editors/xemacs-packages/Makefile
index e1fd7a9f697a..623e23700715 100644
--- a/editors/xemacs-packages/Makefile
+++ b/editors/xemacs-packages/Makefile
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ PACKAGES_SUBDIR=	xemacs-packages
 
 FIXME=	gnus/binhex.elc gnus/uudecode.elc
 
-NO_STAGE=	yes
 do-extract:
 	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}
 .for f in ${DISTFILES}