diff --git a/news/trn/Makefile b/news/trn/Makefile
index d7958b97507..f205f40e182 100644
--- a/news/trn/Makefile
+++ b/news/trn/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2011/12/11 18:07:40 pascal Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.17 2011/12/12 11:53:07 schwarze Exp $
 
 COMMENT=	threaded newsreader
 
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ CONFIGURE_SCRIPT=Configure
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=-dse -Doptimize="${CFLAGS}" -Dlocal=${PREFIX}
 SEPARATE_BUILD=concurrent
 
-# We need groff at build time to generate the manpages, but install them as
-# source, hence no USE_GROFF
-BUILD_DEPENDS =	textproc/groff
-
 pre-configure: 
 	cp ${FILESDIR}/openbsd-hints ${WRKSRC}/hints/openbsd.sh
 
diff --git a/news/trn/files/openbsd-hints b/news/trn/files/openbsd-hints
index 0f783fe1172..4a135b3f821 100644
--- a/news/trn/files/openbsd-hints
+++ b/news/trn/files/openbsd-hints
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# $OpenBSD: openbsd-hints,v 1.3 2001/10/15 16:25:48 espie Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: openbsd-hints,v 1.4 2011/12/12 11:53:07 schwarze Exp $
 orgname="/etc/organization"
 d_nntp='define'
 d_local='undef'
 d_portable='define'
+_nroff='/usr/bin/mandoc'
 phost='.'
 # get ready to use ispell, don't depend on it being installed
 ispell_prg='ispell'