diff --git a/sysutils/cdrtools-devel/Makefile b/sysutils/cdrtools-devel/Makefile
index 2ee14061c57d..22169d09c61c 100644
--- a/sysutils/cdrtools-devel/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cdrtools-devel/Makefile
@@ -90,9 +90,10 @@ PKGNAMESUFFIX?=	-devel
 
 # Hack to allow building with TARGET and TARGET_ARCH set in the environment
 # as done by the release building scripts.
-SETENV=		/usr/bin/env -i -P ${PATH}
+SETENV=		/usr/bin/env -i
+MAKE_ENV=	PATH=${PATH}
 
-MAKE_ENV=	CCOM=cc GMAKE_NOWARN=true INS_BASE=${LOCALBASE} \
+MAKE_ENV+=	CCOM=cc GMAKE_NOWARN=true INS_BASE=${LOCALBASE} \
 		INS_RBASE=${LOCALBASE}
 CDRTLSTARGET=	${ARCH}-freebsd-cc
 
diff --git a/sysutils/cdrtools/Makefile b/sysutils/cdrtools/Makefile
index 01927e300139..8f93c4cc422b 100644
--- a/sysutils/cdrtools/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/cdrtools/Makefile
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ PLIST_SUB+=	RSCSI="@comment "
 
 # Hack to allow building with TARGET and TARGET_ARCH set in the environment
 # as done by the release building scripts.
-SETENV=		/usr/bin/env -i -P ${PATH}
+SETENV=		/usr/bin/env -i
+MAKE_ENV=	PATH=${PATH}
 
-MAKE_ENV=	CCOM=cc GMAKE_NOWARN=true INS_BASE=${LOCALBASE} \
+MAKE_ENV+=	CCOM=cc GMAKE_NOWARN=true INS_BASE=${LOCALBASE} \
 		INS_RBASE=${LOCALBASE}
 CDRTLSTARGET=	${ARCH}-freebsd-cc