diff --git a/audio/wildmidi/Makefile b/audio/wildmidi/Makefile
index d2cfe01bf943..f8e72c7481bf 100644
--- a/audio/wildmidi/Makefile
+++ b/audio/wildmidi/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	wildmidi
-# Date created:				02 Aug 2010
-# Whom:					SimaMoto,RyoTa <liangtai.s4@gmail.com>
-#
+# Created by: SimaMoto,RyoTa <liangtai.s4@gmail.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	wildmidi
 PORTVERSION=	0.2.3.5
@@ -20,7 +16,6 @@ LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
-USE_GZIP=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
diff --git a/databases/godis/Makefile b/databases/godis/Makefile
index 9100410a3dbb..c48dfa78538f 100644
--- a/databases/godis/Makefile
+++ b/databases/godis/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/jlaffaye
 MAINTAINER=	gblach@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A Redis client library written in Go
 
-USE_GO=		yes
 GO_PKGNAME=	${SUBLIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 SUBLIBDIR=	github.com/simonz05
diff --git a/databases/gomysql/Makefile b/databases/gomysql/Makefile
index f4e6f725b81d..5c0c12052228 100644
--- a/databases/gomysql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/gomysql/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	gomysql
-# Date created:				Dec 06, 2010
-# Whom:					Wen Heping <wen@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Wen Heping <wen@FreeBSD.org
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	gomysql
 PORTVERSION=	0.3.2
@@ -20,8 +16,6 @@ BROKEN=		Does not compile with go1
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/Philio-GoMySQL-f1112aa
 PLIST_FILES=	${GO_LIBDIR}/mysql.a
 
-USE_GO=		yes
-
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 .include "${PORTSDIR}/lang/go/files/bsd.go.mk"
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile b/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile
index ae123c7d7896..43f888dfc56a 100644
--- a/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile
+++ b/databases/gosqlite3/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	gosqlite3
-# Date created:				Apr 11, 2011
-# Whom:					Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com>
-#
+# Created by: Zhihao Yuan <lichray@gmail.com>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	gosqlite3
 PORTVERSION=	20120330
@@ -15,7 +11,6 @@ COMMENT=	A Go interface for SQLite3
 
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	sqlite3:${PORTSDIR}/databases/sqlite3
 
-USE_GO=		yes
 GO_PKGNAME=	${SUBLIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}
 
 SUBLIBDIR=	github.com/kuroneko
diff --git a/devel/goprotobuf/Makefile b/devel/goprotobuf/Makefile
index 805d6de21ce6..3ebf613e390e 100644
--- a/devel/goprotobuf/Makefile
+++ b/devel/goprotobuf/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	goprotobuf
-# Date created:		2012-01-22
-# Whom:			Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	goprotobuf
 PORTVERSION=	20120409
@@ -17,7 +13,6 @@ LICENSE=	BSD
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	protoc:${PORTSDIR}/devel/protobuf
 
-USE_GO=		yes
 GO_PKGNAME=	code.google.com/p/goprotobuf
 GO_TARGET=	${GO_PKGNAME}/proto ${GO_PKGNAME}/protoc-gen-go
 
diff --git a/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile b/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile
index b20af09e19bb..537b75bade9d 100644
--- a/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile
+++ b/devel/ocaml-cppo/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# Ports collection makefile for:	cppo
-# Date created:			2011-12-26
-# Whom:				Michael Grunewald
-#
+# Created by: Michael Grunewald
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	cppo
 PORTVERSION=	0.9.2
@@ -14,7 +10,6 @@ PKGNAMEPREFIX=	ocaml-
 MAINTAINER=	michael.grunewald@laposte.net
 COMMENT=	A simple preprocessor for OCaml
 
-USE_GZIP=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_OCAML=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
diff --git a/devel/prettygo/Makefile b/devel/prettygo/Makefile
index 97c228809367..6bdf42611598 100644
--- a/devel/prettygo/Makefile
+++ b/devel/prettygo/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/jlaffaye
 MAINTAINER=	gblach@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Pretty-printing package for go values
 
-USE_GO=		yes
 GO_PKGNAME=	github.com/kr/pretty
 
 SUBLIBDIR=	github.com/kr
diff --git a/java/jboss7/Makefile b/java/jboss7/Makefile
index 8eb204009405..e924df240df3 100644
--- a/java/jboss7/Makefile
+++ b/java/jboss7/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ USER=		www
 GROUP=		www
 DIST_SUBDIR=	${DISTNAME}
 NO_BUILD=	yes
-USE_GZIP=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
diff --git a/www/webgo/Makefile b/www/webgo/Makefile
index 9226e61bd27d..ec50233fa110 100644
--- a/www/webgo/Makefile
+++ b/www/webgo/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	webgo
-# Date created:				Nov 22, 2010
-# Whom:					Wen Heping <wen@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Wen Heping <wen@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	webgo
 PORTVERSION=	0.1.0.${SVNVERSION}
@@ -16,7 +12,6 @@ COMMENT=	Simplest way to write web applications in the Go programming language
 
 SVNVERSION=	20120419
 
-USE_GO=		yes
 GO_PKGNAME=	${SUBLIBDIR}/web
 
 SUBLIBDIR=	github.com/hoisie
diff --git a/x11-themes/icons-tango/Makefile b/x11-themes/icons-tango/Makefile
index 4c6941c55269..64bbebfe326b 100644
--- a/x11-themes/icons-tango/Makefile
+++ b/x11-themes/icons-tango/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libexec/icon-name-mapping:${PORTSDIR}/x11-themes/ico
 		Magick-config:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/ImageMagick
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_GZIP=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	intlhack
 USES+=		pathfix