diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.opts.mk b/share/mk/bsd.opts.mk
index 9f9889d0a0f0..33d843593427 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.opts.mk
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ __DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS = \
     INIT_ALL_PATTERN \
     INIT_ALL_ZERO \
     INSTALL_AS_USER \
+    MANSPLITPKG \
     RETPOLINE \
     STALE_STAGED
 
diff --git a/share/mk/src.opts.mk b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
index 949dfece43e4..619aa8f4a1d8 100644
--- a/share/mk/src.opts.mk
+++ b/share/mk/src.opts.mk
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ __DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS = \
     LOADER_VERBOSE \
     LOADER_VERIEXEC_PASS_MANIFEST \
     MALLOC_PRODUCTION \
-    MANSPLITPKG \
     OFED_EXTRA \
     OPENLDAP \
     REPRODUCIBLE_BUILD \