diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/addr2line/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/addr2line/Makefile
index 51bc7b9c2997..ec64289fa779 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/addr2line/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/addr2line/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,11 +8,9 @@ PROG=		addr2line
 SRCS=		addr2line.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ar/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ar/Makefile
index 6039e4b16d7d..14090be53932 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ar/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ar/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -11,11 +9,9 @@ SRCS=		ar.c not-ranlib.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/bfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile.inc0 b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile.inc0
index cdcd466861be..b98400b62ac7 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile.inc0
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/as/Makefile.inc0
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -19,12 +17,10 @@ CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/gas
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/gas/config
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}
 CFLAGS+=	-DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libopcodes -lopcodes
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libopcodes/libopcodes.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 # If set, BINUTILSDISTDIR is the path to a directory containing the full GNU
 # binutils release. FreeBSD only distributes the bits that are required to
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gasp/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gasp/Makefile
index 96e3576fd4f6..04d4a7bcdd69 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gasp/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gasp/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/gas
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/gas/config
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/../as/${TARGET_ARCH}-freebsd
 CFLAGS+=	-DBFD_ASSEMBLER
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/Makefile
index 37ae322d63f1..c31e956ae112 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/Makefile
@@ -34,18 +34,18 @@ CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/bfd
 CFLAGS+=	-I${GDBDIR}/gdb
 CFLAGS+=	-I${GDBDIR}/gdb/config
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libopcodes -lopcodes
-LDADD+=		-lreadline
-LDADD+=		-lgnuregex
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-LDADD+=		-ltermcap
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libopcodes/libopcodes.a
 DPADD+=		${LIBREADLINE}
 DPADD+=		${LIBGNUREGEX}
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
 DPADD+=		${LIBTERMCAP}
+LDADD=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
+LDADD+=		${RELTOP}/libopcodes/libopcodes.a
+LDADD+=		-lreadline
+LDADD+=		-lgnuregex
+LDADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD+=		-ltermcap
 
 GDBDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../../../../contrib/gdb
 .PATH:	${GDBDIR}/gdb
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
index 0711510bfc69..b9396caed961 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ld/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -13,10 +11,9 @@ SRCS+=		ldcref.c ldctor.c ldemul.c ldemul-list.h ldexp.c ldfile.c \
 		ldver.c ldwrite.c lexsup.c mri.c
 CFLAGS+=	-DSCRIPTDIR=\"${DESTDIR}/usr/libdata\"
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/ld
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 CLEANDIRS+=	ldscripts
 CLEANFILES+=	ldemul-list.h
 
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/nm/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/nm/Makefile
index 2d2e263f8af5..39d36c6d7274 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/nm/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/nm/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,11 +8,9 @@ PROG=		nm
 SRCS=		nm.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objcopy/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objcopy/Makefile
index ca05034a44f3..e8bd30bd0de7 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objcopy/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objcopy/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,11 +8,9 @@ PROG=		objcopy
 SRCS=		objcopy.c not-strip.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objdump/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objdump/Makefile
index 9635b35bb146..2608fa2b3dad 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objdump/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/objdump/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,13 +8,10 @@ PROG=		objdump
 SRCS=		objdump.c prdbg.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libopcodes -lopcodes
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libopcodes/libopcodes.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ranlib/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ranlib/Makefile
index f3f085092550..e8a10a5ceca2 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ranlib/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/ranlib/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -11,11 +9,9 @@ SRCS=		ar.o is-ranlib.o
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/bfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/size/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/size/Makefile
index 9109a766836b..d88f30a644e1 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/size/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/size/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,11 +8,9 @@ PROG=		size
 SRCS=		size.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strings/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strings/Makefile
index e163cdb900af..ea5e86483635 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strings/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strings/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,11 +8,9 @@ PROG=		strings
 SRCS=		strings.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 
 .include <bsd.prog.mk>
diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip/Makefile b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip/Makefile
index 421a3d446cb6..a0a935e6ad60 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip/Makefile
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/strip/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-#
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc0"
 
@@ -10,12 +8,10 @@ PROG=		strip
 SRCS=		objcopy.c is-strip.c
 CFLAGS+=	-I${.CURDIR}/${RELTOP}/libbinutils
 CFLAGS+=	-I${SRCDIR}/binutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbinutils -lbinutils
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libbfd -lbfd
-LDADD+=		-L${RELTOP}/libiberty -liberty
-DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
+DPADD=		${RELTOP}/libbinutils/libbinutils.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libbfd/libbfd.a
 DPADD+=		${RELTOP}/libiberty/libiberty.a
+LDADD=		${DPADD}
 CLEANFILES+=	maybe_stripped
 
 all: maybe_stripped