diff --git a/converters/fconv/Makefile b/converters/fconv/Makefile
index b945f4cfb52c..a58c9057d1be 100644
--- a/converters/fconv/Makefile
+++ b/converters/fconv/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	fconv
 PORTVERSION=	1.1
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	converters
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	chris
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	chris
 MAINTAINER=	chris@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Converts DOS or Mac-style files to Unix format, and vice-versa
 
-USES=		uidfix
-
 MAKE_ARGS+=	INSTALLDIR=${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's/root/${UID}/g; s/wheel/${GID}/g' \
-		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/converters/fconv/files/patch-Makefile b/converters/fconv/files/patch-Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b3e7e96dbe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/converters/fconv/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2000-12-07 23:29:34.000000000 +0000
++++ Makefile
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ man:
+ 
+ install: links
+ .for TMPINS in ${LINKS}
+-	install -c -o root -g wheel -m 0755 ${TMPINS} ${INSTALLDIR}
++	${BSD_INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${TMPINS} ${INSTALLDIR}
+ .endfor
+ 
+ links: