diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@
 
 All ports committers are allowed to commit to this file.
 
+20230111:
+AUTHOR: bapt@FreeBSD.org
+
+  MAN[1-8LN]PREFIX variable has been removed from the framework, use PREFIX
+  directly.
+
 20230929:
 AUTHOR: sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 
diff --git a/Mk/bsd.port.mk b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
--- a/Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ b/Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -503,10 +503,6 @@
 #
 # MANPREFIX		- The directory prefix for manual pages.
 #				  Default: ${PREFIX}
-# MAN<sect>PREFIX
-#				- If manual pages of some sections install in different
-#				  locations than others, use these.
-#				  Default: ${MANPREFIX}
 #
 # Set the following to specify all .info files your port installs.
 #
@@ -2753,11 +2749,6 @@
 .    endif
 
 MANDIRS+=	${MANPREFIX}/man
-.    for sect in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-MAN${sect}PREFIX?=	${MANPREFIX}
-.    endfor
-MANLPREFIX?=	${MANPREFIX}
-MANNPREFIX?=	${MANPREFIX}
 INFO_PATH?=	share/info
 
 .    if defined(INFO)