diff --git a/archivers/gtar/Makefile b/archivers/gtar/Makefile
index 932896471b0..15a114b87c0 100644
--- a/archivers/gtar/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/gtar/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.67 2011/10/17 10:59:19 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.68 2011/10/17 11:14:11 espie Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	GNU version of the traditional tape archiver
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CONFIGURE_ENV+=	gl_cv_func_mknod_works=no
 FLAVORS=	static
 FLAVOR?=
 
-.if ${FLAVOR:L:Mstatic}
+.if ${FLAVOR:Mstatic}
 LDSTATIC=	-static
 MODULES=
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	devel/gettext>=0.17
diff --git a/archivers/star/Makefile b/archivers/star/Makefile
index 66cfb02d19e..c945facea79 100644
--- a/archivers/star/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/star/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.20 2010/10/18 16:47:00 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.21 2011/10/17 11:14:11 espie Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	unique standard tape archiver
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ MAKE_FLAGS=	CCOM="${CC}" COPTOPT="${CFLAGS}" \
 			 -DSYSCONFDIR=\\\"$(SYSCONFDIR)\\\"" \
 		GMAKE_NOWARN=1
 
-.if ${FLAVOR:L:Mstatic}
+.if ${FLAVOR:Mstatic}
 MAKE_ENV+=	LDOPTX=-static
 .else
 WANTLIB=	c