diff --git a/net/yaz/Makefile b/net/yaz/Makefile
index 6072f2e50f44..7047259e5019 100644
--- a/net/yaz/Makefile
+++ b/net/yaz/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	yaz
 DISTVERSION=	5.31.1
 CATEGORIES=	net
-MASTER_SITES=	http://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/
+MASTER_SITES=	https://ftp.indexdata.dk/pub/yaz/
 
 MAINTAINER=	nc@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Z39.50/SR client and API library
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libicuuc.so:devel/icu \
 		libgnutls.so:security/gnutls
 
-USES=		gnome iconv libtool ncurses pathfix pkgconfig readline \
-		shebangfix tcl
+USES=		gnome iconv libtool ncurses pathfix localbase:ldflags \
+		pkgconfig readline shebangfix tcl
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/yaz-asncomp
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2 libxslt
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-shared --with-iconv=${ICONV_PREFIX} \
-		--with-xml2=${LOCALBASE} --with-xslt=${LOCALBASE} \
-		--with-icu=${LOCALBASE} --enable-tcpd
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
+		--with-xml2 --with-xslt --with-icu --enable-tcpd
 LIBS+=		-lexecinfo
 
 PORTDOCS=	*