diff --git a/x11/sterm/Makefile b/x11/sterm/Makefile
--- a/x11/sterm/Makefile
+++ b/x11/sterm/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
 MAKE_ARGS=	PREFIX="${PREFIX}" VERSION="${PORTVERSION}" \
 		X11INC="${LOCALBASE}/include" X11LIB="${LOCALBASE}/lib"
 
-# This way we avoid running tic on st.info which does not work as expected.
-BINARY_ALIAS=	tic=true
-
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/st share/man/man1/st.1.gz
 
 PORTDATA=	config.def.h st.info