diff --git a/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile b/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
index 37f8b0aa0783..7ad9a1fbc05e 100644
--- a/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ _CHECK_JOBS=
 
 _checkaddargs=
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MBASHTESTS}
-_CHECK_SHELL=${SHELL}
+_CHECK_SHELL=${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash
 _checkaddargs+=--eval SHELL:=${BASH_CMD}
 .else
-_CHECK_SHELL=${LOCALBASE}/bin/bash
+_CHECK_SHELL=${SH}
 .endif
 
 .if !defined(TMPDIR)
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ _check_timeout=180
 .endif
 
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MLIBUNWIND}
-_staticlibs+=${LOCALBASE}/lib/libunwind.a /usr/lib/liblzma.a
+_staticlibs+=${LOCALBASE}/lib/libunwind.a /usr/lib/liblzma.a /usr/lib/libmd.a
 .endif
 
 post-build:
diff --git a/sysutils/e2fsprogs/files/patch-lib_support_Makefile.in b/sysutils/e2fsprogs/files/patch-lib_support_Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 9869f4dc7ea7..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/e2fsprogs/files/patch-lib_support_Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- lib/support/Makefile.in.orig	2021-01-29 05:51:02 UTC
-+++ lib/support/Makefile.in
-@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ LIBDIR= support
- @MAKEFILE_LIBRARY@
- @MAKEFILE_PROFILE@
- 
--COMPILE_ET=	_ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../et ../et/compile_et
-+COMPILE_ET=	/usr/bin/env _ET_DIR_OVERRIDE=$(srcdir)/../et ../et/compile_et
- 
- .c.o:
- 	$(E) "	CC $<"