diff --git a/math/mpfr/Makefile b/math/mpfr/Makefile
--- a/math/mpfr/Makefile
+++ b/math/mpfr/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgmp.so:math/gmp
 
-USES=		gmake libtool makeinfo pathfix tar:xz
+USES=		gmake libtool pathfix tar:xz
 
 #PATCHLEVEL=	12
 #PATCHFILES!=	/usr/bin/jot -s " " -w patch%02d ${PATCHLEVEL} 1 ${PATCHLEVEL}
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@
 TEST_TARGET=	check
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-INFO=		mpfr
-
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS INFO
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	INFO
+
+INFO_EXTRA_PATCHES_OFF=	${PATCHDIR}/extra-patch-no-info
+INFO_USES=		makeinfo
+INFO_INFO=		mpfr
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/mpfr/files/extra-patch-no-info b/math/mpfr/files/extra-patch-no-info
--- a/math/mpfr/files/extra-patch-no-info
+++ b/math/mpfr/files/extra-patch-no-info
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- doc/Makefile.in.orig	2020-07-10 14:59:02.000000000 +0300
++++ doc/Makefile.in	2022-10-16 13:51:10.556330000 +0300
+@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@
+ 	  dist-info
+ check-am: all-am
+ check: check-am
+-all-am: Makefile $(INFO_DEPS) $(DATA)
++all-am: Makefile $(DATA)
+ installdirs:
+ 	for dir in "$(DESTDIR)$(infodir)" "$(DESTDIR)$(docdir)"; do \
+ 	  test -z "$$dir" || $(MKDIR_P) "$$dir"; \
+@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@
+ 
+ info-am: $(INFO_DEPS)
+ 
+-install-data-am: install-dist_docDATA install-info-am
++install-data-am: install-dist_docDATA
+ 
+ install-dvi: install-dvi-am
+