diff --git a/databases/p5-CDB_File-Generator/Makefile b/databases/p5-CDB_File-Generator/Makefile
index da3e823f5d3f..2680c87f2458 100644
--- a/databases/p5-CDB_File-Generator/Makefile
+++ b/databases/p5-CDB_File-Generator/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Generate massive sorted CDB files simply
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/cdbmake:${PORTSDIR}/databases/cdb \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	cdbmake:${PORTSDIR}/databases/cdb \
 		p5-CDB_File>=0:${PORTSDIR}/databases/p5-CDB_File
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 
diff --git a/databases/p5-POE-Component-RRDTool/Makefile b/databases/p5-POE-Component-RRDTool/Makefile
index 7a6c1cb23a99..7e2b0a57bbdb 100644
--- a/databases/p5-POE-Component-RRDTool/Makefile
+++ b/databases/p5-POE-Component-RRDTool/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	POE interface to Round Robin Database Tools
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-POE>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-POE \
-		${LOCALBASE}/bin/rrdtool:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	rrdtool:${PORTSDIR}/databases/rrdtool \
+		p5-POE>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-POE
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Data-Structure/Makefile b/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Data-Structure/Makefile
index 838e04d029c7..cc7c8ed5fd67 100644
--- a/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Data-Structure/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/p5-GraphViz-Data-Structure/Makefile
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	p5-
 MAINTAINER=	perl@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Visualise data structures
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-GraphViz>=0:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/p5-GraphViz \
-		${LOCALBASE}/bin/dot:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/graphviz
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	dot:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/graphviz \
+		p5-GraphViz>=0:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/p5-GraphViz
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
 
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/graphics/p5-GraphViz/Makefile b/graphics/p5-GraphViz/Makefile
index c7d36a7a6033..64f6620155c8 100644
--- a/graphics/p5-GraphViz/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/p5-GraphViz/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	GraphViz - Perl interface to the GraphViz graphing tool
 
 LICENSE=	ART20
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/dot:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/graphviz \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	dot:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/graphviz \
 		p5-IPC-Run>=0.60:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-IPC-Run \
 		p5-Parse-RecDescent>=1.965.001:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-Parse-RecDescent \
 		p5-XML-Twig>=3.38:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-XML-Twig
diff --git a/graphics/p5-Sane/Makefile b/graphics/p5-Sane/Makefile
index fa823e0d731c..147f78058ccc 100644
--- a/graphics/p5-Sane/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/p5-Sane/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ COMMENT=	Perl extension for the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) Project
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-ExtUtils-Depends>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-ExtUtils-Depends \
 		p5-ExtUtils-PkgConfig>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-ExtUtils-PkgConfig \
-		${LOCALBASE}/bin/sane-config:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sane-backends
+		sane-config:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sane-backends
 
 USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
diff --git a/lang/parrot/Makefile b/lang/parrot/Makefile
index c2791f5c3530..2729cfe7e17e 100644
--- a/lang/parrot/Makefile
+++ b/lang/parrot/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ COMMENT=	Parrot - virtual machine for dynamic languages
 LICENSE=	ART20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/flex:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/flex \
-		${LOCALBASE}/bin/gm4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m4 \
-		${LOCALBASE}/bin/pcre-config:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
+		gm4:${PORTSDIR}/devel/m4 \
+		pcre-config:${PORTSDIR}/devel/pcre
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgmp.so:${PORTSDIR}/math/gmp \
 		libicudata.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/icu
 
diff --git a/math/p5-Statistics-R/Makefile b/math/p5-Statistics-R/Makefile
index 9c04e5b57217..4bd52ac559d0 100644
--- a/math/p5-Statistics-R/Makefile
+++ b/math/p5-Statistics-R/Makefile
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ COMMENT=	Controls the R interpreter through Perl
 LICENSE=	ART10 GPLv1
 LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/R:${PORTSDIR}/math/R
-RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/R:${PORTSDIR}/math/R \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	R:${PORTSDIR}/math/R
+RUN_DEPENDS=	R:${PORTSDIR}/math/R \
 		p5-IPC-Run>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-IPC-Run \
 		p5-Regexp-Common>=0:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/p5-Regexp-Common
 
diff --git a/textproc/ack/Makefile b/textproc/ack/Makefile
index 971b481599f2..e5d707c7869d 100644
--- a/textproc/ack/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/ack/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LICENSE=	ART20
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	p5-File-Next>=0.40:${PORTSDIR}/sysutils/p5-File-Next
 RUN_DEPENDS:=	${BUILD_DEPENDS}
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash \
+TEST_DEPENDS=	bash:${PORTSDIR}/shells/bash \
 		p5-IO-Tty>=0:${PORTSDIR}/devel/p5-IO-Tty
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	ja-ack-[0-9]*