diff --git a/devel/subversion16/Makefile.common b/devel/subversion16/Makefile.common
index 63c997b17745..560ae596106e 100644
--- a/devel/subversion16/Makefile.common
+++ b/devel/subversion16/Makefile.common
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PORTNAME=	subversion
 PORTVERSION=	#please edit Makefile.inc for PORTVERSION, so ../svnmerge can stay in sync.
 PORTREVISION?=	2
 CATEGORIES+=	devel
+PKGNAMESUFFIX=	16
 MASTER_SITES=	http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/
 DIST_SUBDIR=	subversion
 
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL+=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}-1.[^6].[0-9]*
 
-LATEST_LINK=		${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}16${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
-
 LIB_DEPENDS+=		libapr-1.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/apr1 \
 			libsqlite3.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3 \
 			libexpat.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
diff --git a/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common b/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common
index 04a62d3bbd4e..0a1442238267 100644
--- a/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common
+++ b/devel/subversion17/Makefile.common
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ PORTREVISION?=	0
 CATEGORIES+=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_APACHE}
 DIST_SUBDIR=	subversion17
+PKGNAMESUFFIX=	17
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	subversion
 
-#·setting·PKGSUFFIX·not·possible·wo.·having·a·Mk/Uses·file·and·fixing·a·bunch·of·ports
-#PKGNAMESUFFIX=	17
-
-
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtool
 USE_KDE4=	# Used below if KWallet support is enabled
@@ -21,7 +18,6 @@ USES+=		pkgconfig
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL+=	${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}${PKGNAMESUFFIX}-1.[^7].[0-9]*
-LATEST_LINK=		${PKGNAMEPREFIX}${PORTNAME}17${PKGNAMESUFFIX}
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=		libapr-1.so:${PORTSDIR}/devel/apr1 \
 			libsqlite3.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3 \