diff --git a/devel/check/Makefile b/devel/check/Makefile
index a6e3d4b9c3e0..2d84623ce0c4 100644
--- a/devel/check/Makefile
+++ b/devel/check/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,26 @@
 # Created by: mikeh@FreeBSD.org
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	check
 PORTVERSION=	0.15.2
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/libcheck/check/releases/download/${PORTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Unit test framework for C
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LESSER
 
 USES=		libtool makeinfo pathfix pkgconfig
 
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	ac_cv_path_AWK_PATH=${AWK}
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 INFO=		check
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
-		-e 's|COPYING.LESSER||' \
-		-e '/^docdir = / s|$$(PACKAGE)|check|' \
-			${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} \
-		-e '/^exampledir = / s|(docdir)/example|(datadir)/examples/check|' \
-		-e '/^example[a-z]*dir = / s|(docdir)/example/|(exampledir)/|' \
-			${WRKSRC}/doc/Makefile.in
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/check/files/patch-Makefile.in b/devel/check/files/patch-Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2de47795c094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/check/files/patch-Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--- Makefile.in.orig	2020-08-08 02:10:49 UTC
++++ Makefile.in
+@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ CTAGS = ctags
+ CSCOPE = cscope
+ DIST_SUBDIRS = lib src doc . checkmk tests
+ am__DIST_COMMON = $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(srcdir)/check.pc.in \
+-	$(srcdir)/config.h.in AUTHORS COPYING.LESSER ChangeLog INSTALL \
++	$(srcdir)/config.h.in AUTHORS  ChangeLog INSTALL \
+ 	NEWS README THANKS TODO ar-lib compile config.guess config.sub \
+ 	depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh missing
+ DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
+@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ build_vendor = @build_vendor@
+ builddir = @builddir@
+ datadir = @datadir@
+ datarootdir = @datarootdir@
+-docdir = $(datadir)/doc/$(PACKAGE)
++docdir = $(datadir)/doc/check
+ dvidir = @dvidir@
+ exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
+ host = @host@
+@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = check.pc.in $(m4data_DATA) xml/check_unit
+ 	checkmk/CMakeLists.txt \
+ 	cmake
+ 
+-doc_DATA = ChangeLog NEWS README COPYING.LESSER
++doc_DATA = ChangeLog NEWS README
+ m4datadir = $(datadir)/aclocal
+ m4data_DATA = check.m4
+ pcdatadir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
diff --git a/devel/check/files/patch-doc-Makefile.in b/devel/check/files/patch-doc-Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4eef46ceca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/check/files/patch-doc-Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- doc/Makefile.in.orig	2020-08-08 02:10:49 UTC
++++ doc/Makefile.in
+@@ -395,11 +395,11 @@ EXTRA_DIST = $(example_docs) \
+ 
+ 
+ # install money example
+-exampledir = $(docdir)/example
++exampledir = $(datadir)/examples/check
+ example_DATA = $(example_docs)
+-examplesrcdir = $(docdir)/example/src
++examplesrcdir = $(exampledir)/src
+ examplesrc_DATA = $(example_src_docs)
+-exampletestsdir = $(docdir)/example/tests
++exampletestsdir = $(exampledir)/tests
+ exampletests_DATA = $(example_tests_docs)
+ all: all-am
+