Index: Mk/bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -2778,7 +2778,6 @@
 ignorelist: package-name
 .else
 ignorelist:
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 .if defined(IGNORE) || defined(NO_PACKAGE)
@@ -2790,7 +2789,6 @@
 .endif
 .else
 ignorelist-verbose:
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 ################################################################
@@ -2875,7 +2873,6 @@
 # Disable checksum
 .if defined(NO_CHECKSUM) && !target(checksum)
 checksum: fetch
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 # Disable build
@@ -2887,15 +2884,12 @@
 # Disable test
 .if defined(NO_TEST) && !target(test)
 test: stage
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 # Disable package
 .if defined(NO_PACKAGE) && !target(package)
 package:
-.if defined(IGNORE_SILENT)
-	@${DO_NADA}
-.else
+.if !defined(IGNORE_SILENT)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  ${PKGNAME} may not be packaged: "${NO_PACKAGE:Q}.
 .endif
 .endif
@@ -2903,7 +2897,6 @@
 # Disable describe
 .if defined(NO_DESCRIBE) && !target(describe)
 describe:
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 ################################################################
@@ -2917,7 +2910,6 @@
 # Pre-everything
 
 pre-everything::
-	@${DO_NADA}
 
 .if defined(TRYBROKEN) && defined(BROKEN)
 buildanyway-message:
@@ -2929,8 +2921,6 @@
 	@for m in ${GNOME_OPTION_MSG}; do \
 		${ECHO_MSG} $$m; \
 	done
-.else
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 .if defined(_OPTIONS_READ)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "===>  Found saved configuration for ${_OPTIONS_READ}"
@@ -3328,7 +3318,6 @@
 		fi)
 .elif !target(do-test)
 do-test:
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 # Package
@@ -3442,7 +3431,6 @@
 
 .if !target(install-mtree)
 install-mtree:
-		@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 .if !target(install-ldconfig-file)
@@ -3714,7 +3702,6 @@
 
 .if !target(pre-distclean)
 pre-distclean:
-	@${DO_NADA}
 .endif
 
 .if !target(distclean)
@@ -5357,9 +5344,7 @@
 
 .else # exists(cookie)
 ${${target:tu}_COOKIE}::
-	@if [ -e ${.TARGET} ]; then \
-		${DO_NADA}; \
-	else \
+	@if [ ! -e ${.TARGET} ]; then \
 		cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} ${.TARGET}; \
 	fi
 .endif # !exists(cookie)