diff --git a/math/octave-forge-communications/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-communications/Makefile
index c01c094efc10..36cf06345686 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-communications/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-communications/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 # It is usually ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME} or ${DISTNAME}.
 OCTSRC=		${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTSRC}/src
 MAKE_ENV+=	MKOCTFILE=mkoctfile
 
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-communications/files/patch-Makefile b/math/octave-forge-communications/files/patch-Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 7954ce647ecd..000000000000
--- a/math/octave-forge-communications/files/patch-Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile-orig	2012-05-12 18:39:44.000000000 +0000
-+++ Makefile	2012-05-12 18:40:33.000000000 +0000
-@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
- 
- $(GALOISOBJECTS): $(GALOISHEADERS)
- 
-+%.oct: %.o
-+	$(MKOCTFILE) $(MOFLAGS) $(@:.oct=.o) -o $@
-+
- %.o:%.cc
- 	$(MKOCTFILE) $(MOFLAGS) $(DEFINES) -c $< 
-