diff --git a/www/mod_php3/Makefile b/www/mod_php3/Makefile
index d16aaacd2373..8644a1276cf9 100644
--- a/www/mod_php3/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_php3/Makefile
@@ -148,20 +148,7 @@ post-install:
 	@${ECHO} "and in ${PHPDOCDIR}"
 .endif
 
-# This was copied from bsd.port.mk because a missing post-clean target
-# is needed
-clean:
-.if !defined(NOCLEANDEPENDS)
-	@${MAKE} clean-depends
-.endif
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  Cleaning for ${PKGNAME}"
-	@if [ -d ${WRKDIR} ]; then \
-		if [ -w ${WRKDIR} ]; then \
-			${RM} -rf ${WRKDIR}; \
-		else \
-			${ECHO_MSG} "===>   ${WRKDIR} not writable, skipping"; \
-		fi; \
-	fi
+post-clean:
 	@${RM} -f ${WRKDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/Makefile.inc
 
 .if exists(${WRKDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/Makefile.inc)
diff --git a/www/mod_php4/Makefile b/www/mod_php4/Makefile
index da2931dbdd44..c7317d41c8a8 100644
--- a/www/mod_php4/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_php4/Makefile
@@ -142,20 +142,7 @@ post-install:
 	@${ECHO} "and in ${PHPDOCDIR}"
 .endif
 
-# This was copied from bsd.port.mk because a missing post-clean target
-# is needed
-clean:
-.if !defined(NOCLEANDEPENDS)
-	@${MAKE} clean-depends
-.endif
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  Cleaning for ${PKGNAME}"
-	@if [ -d ${WRKDIR} ]; then \
-		if [ -w ${WRKDIR} ]; then \
-			${RM} -rf ${WRKDIR}; \
-		else \
-			${ECHO_MSG} "===>   ${WRKDIR} not writable, skipping"; \
-		fi; \
-	fi
+post-clean:
 	@${RM} -f ${WRKDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/Makefile.inc
 
 .if exists(${WRKDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/Makefile.inc)
diff --git a/www/mod_php5/Makefile b/www/mod_php5/Makefile
index da2931dbdd44..c7317d41c8a8 100644
--- a/www/mod_php5/Makefile
+++ b/www/mod_php5/Makefile
@@ -142,20 +142,7 @@ post-install:
 	@${ECHO} "and in ${PHPDOCDIR}"
 .endif
 
-# This was copied from bsd.port.mk because a missing post-clean target
-# is needed
-clean:
-.if !defined(NOCLEANDEPENDS)
-	@${MAKE} clean-depends
-.endif
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  Cleaning for ${PKGNAME}"
-	@if [ -d ${WRKDIR} ]; then \
-		if [ -w ${WRKDIR} ]; then \
-			${RM} -rf ${WRKDIR}; \
-		else \
-			${ECHO_MSG} "===>   ${WRKDIR} not writable, skipping"; \
-		fi; \
-	fi
+post-clean:
 	@${RM} -f ${WRKDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/Makefile.inc
 
 .if exists(${WRKDIRPREFIX}${.CURDIR}/Makefile.inc)