diff --git a/sysutils/diskcheckd/Makefile b/sysutils/diskcheckd/Makefile
index 7d1c52f40823..40799c3531b6 100644
--- a/sysutils/diskcheckd/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/diskcheckd/Makefile
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ STARTUP=	diskcheckd.sh
 MAN8=		diskcheckd.8
 MLINKS=		diskcheckd.8 diskcheckd.conf.5
 
-MANCOMPRESSED=	no
-
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
 CFLAGS+=	-D_PATH_CONF='\"${PREFIX}/etc/diskcheckd.conf\"'
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ do-extract:
 	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}
 
 .for file in Makefile diskcheckd.c diskcheckd.8
-	@(cd ${WRKSRC} ; ${LN} -f ${FILESDIR}/${file} .)
+	@(cd ${WRKSRC} ; ${CP} ${FILESDIR}/${file} .)
 .endfor
 
 do-patch: