diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.README b/share/mk/bsd.README
index 9b841a049e6a..bda9a8c1a3bc 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.README
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.README
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ PROGS_CXX	PROG and PROGS_CXX in one Makefile.  To define
 		SRCS.bar=	bar_src.c
 
 		The supported variables are BINDIR BINGRP BINMODE BINOWN
-		CFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS DPSRCS LDADD
+		CFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPSRCS LDADD
 		LDFLAGS LIBADD MAN MLINKS PROGNAME SRCS.
 
 PROGNAME	The name that the above program will be installed as, if
diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk b/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
index 8c24107a4e2a..00dd5663fab9 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.progs.mk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PROGS += ${PROGS_CXX}
 # just one of many
 PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS +=	BINDIR BINGRP BINOWN BINMODE DPSRCS MAN NO_WERROR \
 			PROGNAME SRCS WARNS
-PROG_VARS +=	CFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD DPLIBS LDADD LIBADD LINKS \
+PROG_VARS +=	CFLAGS CXXFLAGS DPADD LDADD LIBADD LINKS \
 		LDFLAGS MLINKS ${PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS}
 .for v in ${PROG_VARS:O:u}
 .if empty(${PROG_OVERRIDE_VARS:M$v})