diff --git a/www/novnc/Makefile b/www/novnc/Makefile
index 6e1719aad5b3..b297cd22a997 100644
--- a/www/novnc/Makefile
+++ b/www/novnc/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,31 @@
 PORTNAME=	novnc
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.5.0
 CATEGORIES=	www
 
 MAINTAINER=	dpetrov67@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	HTML5 VNC client
 WWW=		https://github.com/novnc/noVNC
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		cpe
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_PROJECT=	noVNC
-GH_TAGNAME=	v1.5.0
+
+EXTRACT_AFTER_ARGS=	--exclude ${GH_PROJECT_DEFAULT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/.gitignore \
+			--exclude ${GH_PROJECT_DEFAULT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/.gitmodules \
+			--exclude ${GH_PROJECT_DEFAULT}-${GH_TAGNAME_EXTRACT}/.github \
+			--no-same-owner --no-same-permissions
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 TARGET_DIR=	${PREFIX}/libexec/novnc
 
-post-extract:
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${RM} .gitignore .gitmodules .travis.yml .eslintignore
-	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${RM} -R .github
-	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name '.eslintrc' -delete
-
 do-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${TARGET_DIR}
-	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${TARGET_DIR}
+	(cd ${WRKSRC} && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${TARGET_DIR})
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/www/novnc/distinfo b/www/novnc/distinfo
index 69725fbf259e..7b894a5ee8c5 100644
--- a/www/novnc/distinfo
+++ b/www/novnc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1722725839
-SHA256 (novnc-noVNC-1.5.0-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 6a73e41f98388a5348b7902f54b02d177cb73b7e5eb0a7a0dcf688cc2c79b42a
-SIZE (novnc-noVNC-1.5.0-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 706843
+TIMESTAMP = 1722735379
+SHA256 (novnc-noVNC-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 6a73e41f98388a5348b7902f54b02d177cb73b7e5eb0a7a0dcf688cc2c79b42a
+SIZE (novnc-noVNC-v1.5.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 706843