diff --git a/editors/abiword-plugins/Makefile b/editors/abiword-plugins/Makefile
index 4ae57f4e1e93..84669bbb84c9 100644
--- a/editors/abiword-plugins/Makefile
+++ b/editors/abiword-plugins/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ MD5_FILE=	${.CURDIR}/../abiword/distinfo
 ABIVERSION=	2.2
 PLIST_SUB+=	ABIVERSION=${ABIVERSION}
 
+EXCLUDE_EXTRACT=	MSVC6 MSVC71 abidistfiles abipbx abiword-docs expat \
+			fribidi libiconv libpng pbx popt wv zlib
+EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	| ${TAR} -xf - ${EXCLUDE_EXTRACT:S/^/--exclude /}
+
 # NOTE: Please, keep those knobs in the ABC's order.
 
 .if defined(WITH_AIKSAURUS) || defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
diff --git a/editors/abiword/Makefile b/editors/abiword/Makefile
index 02d133ff1613..b4b9f1d34d05 100644
--- a/editors/abiword/Makefile
+++ b/editors/abiword/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-xft \
 		--disable-peer-config
 MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
 
+EXCLUDE_EXTRACT=	MSVC6 MSVC71 abipbx abiword-docs abiword-plugins expat \
+			fribidi libiconv libpng pbx popt wv zlib
+EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	| ${TAR} -xf - ${EXCLUDE_EXTRACT:S/^/--exclude /}
+
 ABIVERSION=	2.2
 PLIST_SUB+=	ABIVERSION=${ABIVERSION}
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/abiword-${PORTVERSION}/abi