diff --git a/korean/engdic/Makefile b/korean/engdic/Makefile
index f2b5c96151c1..d90b04f40a9d 100644
--- a/korean/engdic/Makefile
+++ b/korean/engdic/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	English dictionary utility for Korean
 
 EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--exclude '*.o'
+MAKE_ARGS=	CC="${CC}"
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/edic bin/engdic
 PORTDATA=	[a-z].dic.gz
 
diff --git a/korean/engdic/files/patch-Makefile b/korean/engdic/files/patch-Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ab4d1b35335..000000000000
--- a/korean/engdic/files/patch-Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	1999-09-05 22:48:50.000000000 -0400
-+++ Makefile	2013-08-30 15:19:45.000000000 -0400
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- DESTDIR	= /usr/local/bin/
- DATA_DESTDIR = /usr/local/share/engdic/
- RM = rm -f *.o 
--CC = gcc
-+CC ?= cc
- 
- all: engdic
-