diff --git a/math/ised/Makefile b/math/ised/Makefile
index 20eff4c93fa2..a8b0cee1e7e8 100644
--- a/math/ised/Makefile
+++ b/math/ised/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Tool for generating number sequences and arithmetic evaluation
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 
-USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USES=	tar:bzip2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 # ./base.h:620:14: error: invalid output constraint '=ir' in asm
 USE_GCC=	yes
diff --git a/misc/kbdscan/Makefile b/misc/kbdscan/Makefile
index 6a276775955d..b6bd823c3e4c 100644
--- a/misc/kbdscan/Makefile
+++ b/misc/kbdscan/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ COMMENT=	Kbdscan shows the scancodes of keys pressed
 
 LICENSE=	ISCL
 
-USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USES=		tar:bzip2
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/${PORTNAME}
 
diff --git a/misc/pastebinit/Makefile b/misc/pastebinit/Makefile
index 124c4c7f4d09..bcaf0bc8f813 100644
--- a/misc/pastebinit/Makefile
+++ b/misc/pastebinit/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}configobj>=4.3.2:${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-configobj
 
-USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USES=		tar:bzip2
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 
diff --git a/ports-mgmt/symports/Makefile b/ports-mgmt/symports/Makefile
index afd479d4313b..c3289631dbf3 100644
--- a/ports-mgmt/symports/Makefile
+++ b/ports-mgmt/symports/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Automatically generate symlinks for virtual categories
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 
-USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USES=		tar:bzip2
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes