diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/Makefile b/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/Makefile
index 602cee53cd4e..af13ac3215ce 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 PROG=	praliases
 MAN8=	praliases.8
-CFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/../src
-DPADD=	${LIBDBM}
+CFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/../src -DNEWDB
 
 .include "../../Makefile.inc"
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/praliases.c b/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/praliases.c
index 2c1cc0a07dea..24f318561c95 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/praliases.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/praliases/praliases.c
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ main(argc, argv)
 {
 	extern char *optarg;
 	extern int optind;
+#ifdef NDBM
 	DBM *dbp;
 	datum content, key;
+#endif
 	char *filename;
 	int ch;
 #ifdef NEWDB
@@ -101,8 +103,11 @@ main(argc, argv)
 					newdbkey.data);
 		}
 	}
-	else {
 #endif
+#ifdef NDBM
+#ifdef NEWDB
+	else {
+#endif /* NEWDB */
 		if ((dbp = dbm_open(filename, O_RDONLY, 0)) == NULL) {
 			(void)fprintf(stderr,
 			    "praliases: %s: %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
@@ -128,6 +133,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 		}
 #ifdef NEWDB
 	}
-#endif
+#endif /* NEWDB */
+#endif /* NDBM */
 	exit(EX_OK);
 }
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/Makefile b/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/Makefile
index 1cdf5d987dc2..0572ec608275 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/Makefile
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/smrsh/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 PROG=	smrsh
 MAN8=	smrsh.8
-CFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/../src -DNDBM -DNEWDB
+CFLAGS+=-I${.CURDIR}/../src -DNEWDB
 
 BINDIR=	/usr/libexec
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>