Index: Makefile
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--- Makefile
+++ Makefile
@@ -160,11 +160,7 @@
 		PKGNAMESUFFIX=${PKGNAMESUFFIX} \
 		ARCH_LIB=${_ARCH_LIB}
 
-_PERL5_DEFAULT_FILE=	/tmp/PERL5_DEFAULT
-
-# Get the default version, and possibly, overwrite it.
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
-.sinclude "${_PERL5_DEFAULT_FILE}"
 
 # if this port is default due PERL5_DEFAULT
 # change PKGNAME to reflect this
@@ -210,22 +206,10 @@
 .endif
 
 # Put a symlink to the future libperl.so.x.yy so that -lperl works.
-# Also, save PERL5_DEFAULT in case someone is not using the default Perl
-# version whilst not having set DEFAULT_VERSIONS=perl5=blah.  While upgrading,
-# portmaster/portupgrade will remove the installed Perl version, and it will
-# remove any way to guess what the default Perl version is needed.
 post-extract:
 	${LN} -s libperl.so.${PERL_VERSION} ${WRKSRC}/libperl.so
 	${LN} -s libperl.so.${PERL_VERSION} ${WRKSRC}/libperl.so.${PERL_VER}
-.if !defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
-	@${ECHO_CMD} "PERL5_DEFAULT=${PERL5_DEFAULT}" > ${_PERL5_DEFAULT_FILE}
-.endif
 
-.if !defined(PACKAGE_BUILDING)
-post-clean:
-	@${RM} ${_PERL5_DEFAULT_FILE}
-.endif
-
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/usr/local|${LOCALBASE}|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Configure ${WRKSRC}/hints/freebsd.sh