diff --git a/devel/p5-SVN-Hooks/Makefile b/devel/p5-SVN-Hooks/Makefile
--- a/devel/p5-SVN-Hooks/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-SVN-Hooks/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		p5-SVN-Look>=0:devel/p5-SVN-Look \
 		p5-SVN-Notify>=0:devel/p5-SVN-Notify \
 		p5-XMLRPC-Lite>0:net/p5-XMLRPC-Lite \
-		subversion>=1.4.0:devel/subversion
+		subversion>0:devel/subversion
 TEST_DEPENDS=	p5-URI>=0:net/p5-URI
 
 USES=		perl5
diff --git a/devel/p5-SVN-Look/Makefile b/devel/p5-SVN-Look/Makefile
--- a/devel/p5-SVN-Look/Makefile
+++ b/devel/p5-SVN-Look/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	p5-List-MoreUtils>=0:lang/p5-List-MoreUtils \
 		p5-XML-Simple>=0:textproc/p5-XML-Simple \
-		subversion>=1.7.0:devel/subversion
+		subversion>0:devel/subversion
 
 USES=		perl5
 USE_PERL5=	configure
diff --git a/devel/statsvn/Makefile b/devel/statsvn/Makefile
--- a/devel/statsvn/Makefile
+++ b/devel/statsvn/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21+
 
-RUN_DEPENDS=	subversion>=1.3:devel/subversion
+RUN_DEPENDS=	subversion>0:devel/subversion
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 DATADIR=	${JAVASHAREDIR}/${PORTNAME}