diff --git a/russian/muttprint/Makefile b/russian/muttprint/Makefile
index 53a76ebb0698..963761bba22f 100644
--- a/russian/muttprint/Makefile
+++ b/russian/muttprint/Makefile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ COMMENT=	Print in Russian
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../../print/muttprint
 ADD_TRANS=	${.CURDIR}/files/translation-??.pl
-USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 
 pre-build:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} '/^\\\\usepackage\[T1\]{fontenc}/d' ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME}
diff --git a/russian/prawda/Makefile b/russian/prawda/Makefile
index e8f90df93745..4b22fa79e59d 100644
--- a/russian/prawda/Makefile
+++ b/russian/prawda/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ COMMENT=	English-Russian translator
 
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
-USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_X_PREFIX=	yes
 CXXFLAGS+=	-I${X11BASE}/include -L${X11BASE}/lib