diff --git a/www/h2o-devel/Makefile b/www/h2o-devel/Makefile
index 943f4b715504..b1ad91284477 100644
--- a/www/h2o-devel/Makefile
+++ b/www/h2o-devel/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	h2o
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2.3.0-beta1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	www
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 MRUBY_DESC=		Build with embedded mruby handler support
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DWITH_BUNDLED_SSL=OFF
-CMAKE_VERBOSE=		yes
 
 MRUBY_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_MRUBY
 MRUBY_USES=		bison
diff --git a/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.conf.sample.in b/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.conf.sample.in
index c434dc498264..d8d61f6de9e4 100644
--- a/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.conf.sample.in
+++ b/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.conf.sample.in
@@ -39,20 +39,13 @@ header.add: "Content-Security-Policy: default-src https:"
 # 6 months HSTS pinning
 header.add: "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=16000000"
 
-# no patience for slow users
-http1-request-timeout: 10
-http2-idle-timeout: 10
 # limit POST bodies
 limit-request-body: 10485760 # 10MiB
-max-connections: 1024
 
 file.mime.addtypes:
-  image/svg+xml: .svg
   text/plain: .log
   text/css: .css
   application/atom+xml: .xml
-  application/zip: .zip
-  application/json: .json
   "text/html; charset=utf-8": .html
 
 # per-host configurations
diff --git a/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.in b/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.in
index 1e9bc0661287..bf52d7c610f2 100644
--- a/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.in
+++ b/www/h2o-devel/files/h2o.in
@@ -24,19 +24,23 @@ desc="An HTTP/2 high-performance webserver"
 
 load_rc_config $name
 
+extra_commands="configtest reload"
+configtest_cmd="h2o_configtest"
+
 # defaults
 : ${h2o_enable:=NO}
 : ${h2o_config:=%%PREFIX%%/etc/${name}/${name}.conf}
 : ${h2o_perl:=%%LOCALBASE%%/bin/perl}
 
 # daemon
-pidfile=`grep pid-file ${h2o_config} | cut -d' ' -f2`
+pidfile=`grep pid-file ${h2o_config} | awk '{print $2}'`
 h2o_env="H2O_PERL=${h2o_perl}"
 command="%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}"
 command_args="-m daemon -c ${h2o_config}"
 procname="%%LOCALBASE%%/bin/perl"
 
-# support SIGHUP to reload configuration file
-extra_commands=reload
+h2o_configtest() {
+	"${command}" -c "${h2o_config}" -t
+}
 
 run_rc_command "$1"
diff --git a/www/h2o/Makefile b/www/h2o/Makefile
index 49d4fadc65a3..29c23535a4bd 100644
--- a/www/h2o/Makefile
+++ b/www/h2o/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	h2o
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	2.2.5
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	www
 
 MAINTAINER=	dch@FreeBSD.org
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 MRUBY_DESC=		Build with embedded mruby handler support
 
 CMAKE_ARGS+=		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DWITH_BUNDLED_SSL=OFF
-CMAKE_VERBOSE=		yes
 
 MRUBY_CMAKE_BOOL=	WITH_MRUBY
 MRUBY_USES=		bison
diff --git a/www/h2o/files/h2o.conf.sample.in b/www/h2o/files/h2o.conf.sample.in
index c434dc498264..d8d61f6de9e4 100644
--- a/www/h2o/files/h2o.conf.sample.in
+++ b/www/h2o/files/h2o.conf.sample.in
@@ -39,20 +39,13 @@ header.add: "Content-Security-Policy: default-src https:"
 # 6 months HSTS pinning
 header.add: "Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=16000000"
 
-# no patience for slow users
-http1-request-timeout: 10
-http2-idle-timeout: 10
 # limit POST bodies
 limit-request-body: 10485760 # 10MiB
-max-connections: 1024
 
 file.mime.addtypes:
-  image/svg+xml: .svg
   text/plain: .log
   text/css: .css
   application/atom+xml: .xml
-  application/zip: .zip
-  application/json: .json
   "text/html; charset=utf-8": .html
 
 # per-host configurations
diff --git a/www/h2o/files/h2o.in b/www/h2o/files/h2o.in
index 1e9bc0661287..bf52d7c610f2 100644
--- a/www/h2o/files/h2o.in
+++ b/www/h2o/files/h2o.in
@@ -24,19 +24,23 @@ desc="An HTTP/2 high-performance webserver"
 
 load_rc_config $name
 
+extra_commands="configtest reload"
+configtest_cmd="h2o_configtest"
+
 # defaults
 : ${h2o_enable:=NO}
 : ${h2o_config:=%%PREFIX%%/etc/${name}/${name}.conf}
 : ${h2o_perl:=%%LOCALBASE%%/bin/perl}
 
 # daemon
-pidfile=`grep pid-file ${h2o_config} | cut -d' ' -f2`
+pidfile=`grep pid-file ${h2o_config} | awk '{print $2}'`
 h2o_env="H2O_PERL=${h2o_perl}"
 command="%%PREFIX%%/bin/${name}"
 command_args="-m daemon -c ${h2o_config}"
 procname="%%LOCALBASE%%/bin/perl"
 
-# support SIGHUP to reload configuration file
-extra_commands=reload
+h2o_configtest() {
+	"${command}" -c "${h2o_config}" -t
+}
 
 run_rc_command "$1"