diff --git a/net/l4ip/Makefile b/net/l4ip/Makefile
index aec859c491d9..c15dffb40dee 100644
--- a/net/l4ip/Makefile
+++ b/net/l4ip/Makefile
@@ -14,19 +14,15 @@ COMMENT=	L4 health check daemon for IPFILTER
 USES=		gmake
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}/src
 
-NO_STAGE=	yes
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,service_type_t,script_type_t,g' ${WRKSRC}/service.c
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,/usr/sbin,/sbin,g' ${WRKSRC}/l4ip.conf
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^CC/d' ${WRKSRC}/${MAKEFILE} ${WRKSRC}/../lion/${MAKEFILE}
 
 do-install:
-	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/l4ip ${PREFIX}/sbin
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/l4ip.conf ${PREFIX}/etc/l4ip.conf.sample
-.if !exists(${PREFIX}/etc/l4ip.conf)
-	${CP} ${PREFIX}/etc/l4ip.conf.sample ${PREFIX}/etc/l4ip.conf
-.endif
-	${MKDIR} ${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	${INSTALL} ${WRKSRC}/../samples/*.conf ${EXAMPLESDIR}
+	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/l4ip ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/l4ip.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/l4ip.conf.sample
+	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
+	${INSTALL} ${WRKSRC}/../samples/*.conf ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/l4ip/pkg-plist b/net/l4ip/pkg-plist
index 665394d1f4c5..98678931a8eb 100644
--- a/net/l4ip/pkg-plist
+++ b/net/l4ip/pkg-plist
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 sbin/l4ip
-@unexec if cmp -s %D/etc/l4ip.conf %D/etc/l4ip.conf.sample; then rm -f %D/etc/l4ip.conf; fi
-etc/l4ip.conf.sample
-@exec [ -f %B/l4ip.conf ] || cp %B/%f %B/l4ip.conf
+@sample etc/l4ip.conf.sample
 %%EXAMPLESDIR%%/apache1.conf
 %%EXAMPLESDIR%%/apache2.conf
 %%EXAMPLESDIR%%/dns1.conf