diff --git a/devel/eboxy/Makefile b/devel/eboxy/Makefile
index 10ae4133a301..21f2aa29dc1c 100644
--- a/devel/eboxy/Makefile
+++ b/devel/eboxy/Makefile
@@ -16,9 +16,7 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Create simple GUI interfaces for entertainment PC
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	SDL_gui.0:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/sdl_gui
-
-USE_SDL=	yes
+USE_SDL=	sdl gui 
 USE_GNOME=	gnometarget libxml2
 USE_GETOPT_LONG=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
diff --git a/devel/sdl_ldbad/Makefile b/devel/sdl_ldbad/Makefile
index b153fa54d02d..545379d25c1d 100644
--- a/devel/sdl_ldbad/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sdl_ldbad/Makefile
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ DISTFILES=	# none
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A SDL Linux Developer's BandAiD
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	SDL-1.1.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/sdl12
-
-SDL_CONFIG=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl11-config
-
+USE_SDL=	sdl
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 
diff --git a/devel/sdlmm/Makefile b/devel/sdlmm/Makefile
index 07d87514ab68..3921e83d460c 100644
--- a/devel/sdlmm/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sdlmm/Makefile
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ DISTNAME=	SDLmm-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A C++ Wrapper for the SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer)
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	SDL-1.1.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/sdl12
-
-SDL_CONFIG?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl11-config
+USE_SDL=	sdl
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-CONFIGURE_ENV=	SDL_CONFIG=${SDL_CONFIG}
 INSTALLS_SHLIB=	yes
 
 MAN3=	SDLmm.3 SDLmm_Audio.3 SDLmm_BaseSurface.3 SDLmm_CD.3 SDLmm_ColorRGB.3 \
diff --git a/emulators/gngb/Makefile b/emulators/gngb/Makefile
index ee9b618bea02..c80491ea2645 100644
--- a/emulators/gngb/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/gngb/Makefile
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	GameBoy(tm) emulator
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	SDL-1.1.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/sdl12
-
+USE_SDL=	sdl
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
diff --git a/emulators/gnuboy/Makefile b/emulators/gnuboy/Makefile
index 88330620e2b8..499576ce6d03 100644
--- a/emulators/gnuboy/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/gnuboy/Makefile
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://gnuboy.unix-fu.org/src/ \
 MAINTAINER=	ijliao@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Nintendo GameBoy emulator
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	vga.1:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/svgalib \
-		SDL-1.1.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/sdl12
+LIB_DEPENDS=	vga.1:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/svgalib
 
+USE_SDL=	sdl
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_XLIB=	yes
 USE_AUTOCONF=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-SDL_CONFIG?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl11-config
-CONFIGURE_ENV=	SDL_CONFIG=${SDL_CONFIG} \
-		CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include"
+CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-sdl
 
 post-patch:
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/mesgui/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/mesgui/Makefile
index 9c04dd6a5031..22f2388fb58d 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/mesgui/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/mesgui/Makefile
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Make a simple GUI under OpenGL
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	SDL-1.1.5:${PORTSDIR}/devel/sdl12 \
-		freetype.9:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype2
-
-SDL_CONFIG?=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl11-config
+LIB_DEPENDS=	freetype.9:${PORTSDIR}/print/freetype2
 
+USE_SDL=	sdl
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_GL=		yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/paragui-devel/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/paragui-devel/Makefile
index cd2644da79d4..aac594047741 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/paragui-devel/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/paragui-devel/Makefile
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cross-platform high-level application framework and GUI library
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	physfs-0.1.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/physfs \
-		SDL_image.10:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sdl_image \
-		SDL_ttf.3:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sdl_ttf \
 		expat.4:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
 
 USE_X_PREFIX=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
-USE_SDL=	yes
+USE_SDL=	sdl image ttf
 LIBTOOLFLAGS=	--disable-ltlibs --release-ignore
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${PREFIX}/include -I${LOCALBASE}/include ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="-L${PREFIX}/lib -L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${PTHREAD_LIBS}"
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/paragui/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/paragui/Makefile
index cd2644da79d4..aac594047741 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/paragui/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/paragui/Makefile
@@ -17,14 +17,12 @@ MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Cross-platform high-level application framework and GUI library
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	physfs-0.1.9:${PORTSDIR}/devel/physfs \
-		SDL_image.10:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sdl_image \
-		SDL_ttf.3:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sdl_ttf \
 		expat.4:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
 
 USE_X_PREFIX=	yes
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
-USE_SDL=	yes
+USE_SDL=	sdl image ttf
 LIBTOOLFLAGS=	--disable-ltlibs --release-ignore
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${PREFIX}/include -I${LOCALBASE}/include ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}" \
 		LDFLAGS="-L${PREFIX}/lib -L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${PTHREAD_LIBS}"
diff --git a/x11-toolkits/sdl_gui/Makefile b/x11-toolkits/sdl_gui/Makefile
index 4d12c01eeea2..a5b6d84a7377 100644
--- a/x11-toolkits/sdl_gui/Makefile
+++ b/x11-toolkits/sdl_gui/Makefile
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ DISTNAME=	SDL_gui-${PORTVERSION}
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	A Graphical User Interface library for SDL
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	SDL_image.10:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sdl_image \
-		SDL_ttf.3:${PORTSDIR}/graphics/sdl_ttf
-
-USE_SDL=	yes
+USE_SDL=	sdl image ttf
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
 LIBTOOLFLAGS=	--disable-ltlibs --release-ignore