Index: Mk/Uses/imake.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/Uses/imake.mk
+++ Mk/Uses/imake.mk
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
 imake_ARGS+=	noman
 .endif
 
-.if ! ${imake_ARGS:Mnoman}
-MANCOMPRESSED?=	yes
-.endif
-
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=		imake:${PORTSDIR}/devel/imake
 
 .if defined(USE_GCC)
Index: Mk/bsd.port.mk
===================================================================
--- Mk/bsd.port.mk
+++ Mk/bsd.port.mk
@@ -574,8 +574,7 @@
 # INSTALL_SCRIPT
 #				- A command to install executable scripts.
 # INSTALL_DATA	- A command to install sharable data.
-# INSTALL_MAN	- A command to install manpages.  May or not compress,
-#				  depending on the value of MANCOMPRESSED (see below).
+# INSTALL_MAN	- A command to install manpages.
 # COPYTREE_BIN
 # COPYTREE_SHARE
 #				- Similiar to INSTALL_PROGRAM and INSTALL_DATA commands but
@@ -1616,17 +1615,6 @@
 CONFIGURE_ENV+=	SHELL=${CONFIGURE_SHELL} CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIGURE_SHELL}
 MAKE_ENV+=		SHELL=${MAKE_SHELL} NO_LINT=YES
 
-.if defined(MANCOMPRESSED)
-.if ${MANCOMPRESSED} != yes && ${MANCOMPRESSED} != no && \
-	${MANCOMPRESSED} != maybe
-check-makevars::
-	@${ECHO_MSG} "${PKGNAME}: Makefile error: value of MANCOMPRESSED (is \"${MANCOMPRESSED}\") can only be \"yes\", \"no\" or \"maybe\"".
-	@${FALSE}
-.endif
-.endif
-
-MANCOMPRESSED?=	no
-
 .if defined(PATCHFILES)
 .if ${PATCHFILES:M*.zip}x != x
 PATCH_DEPENDS+=		${LOCALBASE}/bin/unzip:${PORTSDIR}/archivers/unzip