diff --git a/news/newsfetch/Makefile b/news/newsfetch/Makefile
index 29d806a2b4b..ac670429157 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/Makefile
+++ b/news/newsfetch/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
-# OpenBSD makefile for:	newsfetch
-# Version required:	1.0
-# Date created:		28 April 1998
-# Whom:			Ejovi Nuwere <ejovi@ejovi.net>
-#
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.23 2013/03/11 11:35:58 espie Exp $
-#
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.24 2014/10/29 00:07:17 jca Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	download news articles from NNTP server
 
 DISTNAME=	newsfetch-1.21
+REVISION=	0
 CATEGORIES=	news
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SUNSITE:=system/news/readers/}
 
-# License: BSD
+# BSD
 PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM=	Yes
 
-WANTLIB=		c 
+WANTLIB=	c
 
-MAKE_ENV+=	INSTALL_PROGRAM="${INSTALL_PROGRAM}" INSTALL_MAN="${INSTALL_MAN}"
+MAKE_FLAGS=	CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+FAKE_FLAGS=	INSTALL_PROGRAM="${INSTALL_PROGRAM}" \
+		INSTALL_MAN="${INSTALL_MAN}"
 
-USE_GROFF =	Yes
 NO_TEST=	Yes
 
+ALL_TARGET=	newsfetch
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/distinfo b/news/newsfetch/distinfo
index ff9536e8188..a7182d31dff 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/distinfo
+++ b/news/newsfetch/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (newsfetch-1.21.tar.gz) = 40OjTVDQwwT5OZOKjubLrw==
-RMD160 (newsfetch-1.21.tar.gz) = XeAhFxQbGSx33tSsa8rmi97NnvI=
-SHA1 (newsfetch-1.21.tar.gz) = SY7sl0HujcxZUMV8I86P6oP6Sjw=
 SHA256 (newsfetch-1.21.tar.gz) = TPitNyrfvf32+FMRrezr5FqPVKL4wh3gSjz2BBhYctI=
 SIZE (newsfetch-1.21.tar.gz) = 10758
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-Makefile b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-Makefile
index a326fb04f4c..448bab4249f 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-Makefile
+++ b/news/newsfetch/patches/patch-Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,17 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-Makefile,v 1.1 2002/07/23 17:58:56 pvalchev Exp $
---- Makefile.orig	Mon Apr 13 03:09:54 1998
-+++ Makefile	Tue Jul 23 11:26:52 2002
-@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
--CC = gcc
--CFLAGS = 
--
- #Uncomment this if you do not want status meter
- #CFLAGS = -DNO_STATUS_METER
- 
+$OpenBSD: patch-Makefile,v 1.2 2014/10/29 00:07:17 jca Exp $
+--- Makefile.orig	Mon Apr 13 11:09:54 1998
++++ Makefile	Wed Oct 29 00:41:24 2014
+@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ CFLAGS = 
  objs = newsfetch.o nntp.o net.o opt.o util.o getopt.o
   
-+all: newsfetch
-+
  newsfetch: $(objs)
- 	$(CC) -o newsfetch $(objs)
+-	$(CC) -o newsfetch $(objs)
 -	strip newsfetch
++	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o newsfetch $(objs)
  
  .c.o:
  	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< 
-@@ -17,5 +15,5 @@ clean:
+@@ -17,5 +16,5 @@ clean:
  	rm -f *.o newsfetch
  
  install:
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/pkg/DESCR b/news/newsfetch/pkg/DESCR
index b3903895ad8..923ad096af0 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/pkg/DESCR
+++ b/news/newsfetch/pkg/DESCR
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-This is version 1.0 of the newsfetch distribution. This is an  utility 
-to download news in the mail format. Feedbacks are welcome. 
-
-If you find a bug in the newsfetcht  distribution, please report it.   
-
-	Yusuf Motiwala
-	yusuf@scientist.com
-
-DESCRIPTION
-	      % newsfetch news.yourisp.com
-	      % newsfetch $NNTPSERVER
-
-       newsfetch  pulls  news  from an NNTP server and writes the
-       articles to a file named same as newsgroup name. The  file
-       created by newsfetch can be used with any mail reader.
+newsfetch pulls news from an NNTP server and writes the articles to
+a file named same as newsgroup name. The file created by newsfetch can
+be used with any mail reader.
diff --git a/news/newsfetch/pkg/PLIST b/news/newsfetch/pkg/PLIST
index 1fb06d06f19..b88e232d6dc 100644
--- a/news/newsfetch/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/news/newsfetch/pkg/PLIST
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.3 2004/09/15 18:21:21 espie Exp $
-bin/newsfetch
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.4 2014/10/29 00:07:17 jca Exp $
+@bin bin/newsfetch
 @man man/man1/newsfetch.1