diff --git a/textproc/libtre/Makefile b/textproc/libtre/Makefile
index 540a7cae6ee5..f1d3b43bef86 100644
--- a/textproc/libtre/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/libtre/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,11 @@ COMMENT=	Lightweight fully POSIX compliant regexp matching library
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		libtool pathfix pkgconfig tar:bzip2
+USES=		libtool localbase:ldflags pathfix pkgconfig tar:bzip2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-static
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
-
-CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
+TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	NLS OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS PGO DOCS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
@@ -51,9 +49,6 @@ post-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/${i} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .endfor
 
-regression-test: build
-	@(cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${MAKE_CMD} check )
-
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MPGO}
 pgo: pgo-pre-build pgo-build pgo-run pgo-post-run pgo-clean
 
diff --git a/textproc/libtre/pkg-descr b/textproc/libtre/pkg-descr
index 19f483060dd0..73609f1bad60 100644
--- a/textproc/libtre/pkg-descr
+++ b/textproc/libtre/pkg-descr
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ of the text. The used space is also quadratic on the length of the regex, but
 does not depend on the searched string. This quadratic behaviour occurs only
 on pathological cases which are probably very rare in practice.
 
-WWW: http://laurikari.net/tre/
+WWW: https://laurikari.net/tre/