diff --git a/devel/colorer/Makefile b/devel/colorer/Makefile
index ab9fdb7bb111..c86e3cbd3c99 100644
--- a/devel/colorer/Makefile
+++ b/devel/colorer/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ DISTNAME=	Colorer-take5.beta2
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A syntax highlighting and text parsing library
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${ANT}:${PORTSDIR}/devel/apache-ant \
-		fop:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/fop \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	fop:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/fop \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/xsl/docbook/catalog:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/docbook-xsl \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/docbook-xsd/docbook.xsd:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/docbook-xsd \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/mathml-xsd/mathml2.xsd:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/mathml-xsd \
@@ -26,25 +25,18 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${ANT}:${PORTSDIR}/devel/apache-ant \
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_JAVA=	1.4+
+USE_ANT=	yes
 NEED_JAVAC=	yes
-ANT?=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/ant
-ANT_TARGET?=	library-linux
+ALL_TARGET?=	library-linux
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/colorer lib/libcolorer.so
 
-.include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
-
-.if ${OSVERSION} >= 502126
-BROKEN=		"Does not compile on FreeBSD >= 5.x"
-.endif
-
-do-build:
-	@(cd ${WRKSRC} && \
-          ${SETENV} JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME} ${ANT} ${ANT_TARGET} ; \
-	  cd distr/Colorer-take5-linux.beta2 ; \
-	  ${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|make -C|${GMAKE} -C|" Makefile.in ; \
-	  ${CHMOD} +x configure && ${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ./configure ; \
-	  ${GMAKE} ${PORTNAME} \
+post-build:
+	@(cd ${WRKSRC}/distr/Colorer-take5-linux.beta2 ; \
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|make -C|${GMAKE} -C|" Makefile.in ; \
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|-O3|${CFLAGS}|" src/shared/makefile.colorer.gcc ; \
+	${CHMOD} +x configure && ${SETENV} ${CONFIGURE_ENV} ./configure ; \
+	${GMAKE} ${PORTNAME} \
 	)
 
 do-install:
@@ -82,4 +74,4 @@ do-install:
 		${SED} 's,^${PREFIX}/,@dirrm ,' >> ${TMPPLIST}
 .endif
 
-.include <bsd.port.post.mk>
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/colorer/files/patch-src:shared:common:Hashtable.h b/devel/colorer/files/patch-src:shared:common:Hashtable.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4644a59ed6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/colorer/files/patch-src:shared:common:Hashtable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+--- src/shared/common/Hashtable.h.orig	Fri Sep 12 20:46:35 2003
++++ src/shared/common/Hashtable.h	Sat Sep 18 12:38:09 2004
+@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
+ 
+   T get(const String *key) const{
+     int hash = key->hashCode();
+-    int bno = (hash&0x7FFFFFFF) % capacity;
+-    for(HashEntry<T> *he = bucket[bno]; he != null; he = he->next)
++    int bno = (hash&0x7FFFFFFF) % this->capacity;
++    for(HashEntry<T> *he = this->bucket[bno]; he != null; he = he->next)
+       if (he->hash == hash && *he->key == *key)
+         return he->value;
+     return null;
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+       Returns first element value in a sequence, or null, if hashtable is empty.
+   */
+   T enumerate() const{
+-    T * retval = enumerate_int();
++    T * retval = this->enumerate_int();
+     if (retval == null) return null;
+     return *retval;
+   };
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+       is thrown.
+   */
+   T next() const{
+-    T *retval = next_int();
++    T *retval = this->next_int();
+     if (retval == null) return null;
+     return *retval;
+   };
+@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
+ 
+   const T *get(const String *key) const{
+     int hash = key->hashCode();
+-    int bno = (hash&0x7FFFFFFF) % capacity;
+-    for(HashEntry<T> *he = bucket[bno]; he != null; he = he->next)
++    int bno = (hash&0x7FFFFFFF) % this->capacity;
++    for(HashEntry<T> *he = this->bucket[bno]; he != null; he = he->next)
+       if (he->hash == hash && *he->key == *key)
+         return &he->value;
+     return null;
+@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@
+       Returns first element value in a sequence, or null, if hashtable is empty
+   */
+   T *enumerate() const{
+-    return enumerate_int();
++    return this->enumerate_int();
+   };
+   /** Returns the next value object with current enumeration procedure.
+       If hashtable state is changed, and next() call occurs, exception
+       is thrown.
+   */
+   T *next() const{
+-    return next_int();
++    return this->next_int();
+   };
+ };
+