diff --git a/devel/libdasm/Makefile b/devel/libdasm/Makefile
index 3bae9304090d..e015fe42a979 100644
--- a/devel/libdasm/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libdasm/Makefile
@@ -13,15 +13,10 @@ COMMENT=	Simple x86 disassembly library
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 PORTDOCS=	HISTORY.txt README.txt
+PORTEXAMPLES=	README.txt das.c simple.c
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MEXAMPLES}
-PLIST_SUB+=	EXAMPLES=""
-.else
-PLIST_SUB+=	EXAMPLES="@comment "
-.endif
-
 .if ${ARCH} == "amd64" || ${ARCH} == "ia64"
 CFLAGS+=	-fPIC -DPIC
 .endif
@@ -30,21 +25,16 @@ post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E 's,^(CC|CFLAGS|PREFIX).*=,\1 ?=,; \
 			      s,libdasm.so.1.0,libdasm.so.1,g; \
 			      s,cp ,${INSTALL_DATA} ,g' \
-		${WRKSRC}/Makefile \
-		${WRKSRC}/examples/Makefile
+		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 
 post-install:
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MEXAMPLES}
 	@${MKDIR} ${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/README.txt ${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/das.c ${EXAMPLESDIR}
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/simple.c ${EXAMPLESDIR}
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTEXAMPLES:S,^,${WRKSRC}/examples/,} ${EXAMPLESDIR}
 .endif
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MDOCS}
 	@${MKDIR} ${DOCSDIR}
-	@for f in ${PORTDOCS}; do \
-	  ${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/$${f} ${DOCSDIR}; \
-	 done
+	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${DOCSDIR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libdasm/pkg-plist b/devel/libdasm/pkg-plist
index 7c347fd47a5a..fd7bd82e9f3d 100644
--- a/devel/libdasm/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/libdasm/pkg-plist
@@ -2,7 +2,3 @@ include/libdasm.h
 lib/libdasm.a
 lib/libdasm.so
 lib/libdasm.so.1
-%%EXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/README.txt
-%%EXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/das.c
-%%EXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/simple.c
-%%EXAMPLES%%@dirrm %%EXAMPLESDIR%%