diff --git a/cad/Clipper2/Makefile b/cad/Clipper2/Makefile
index 288629687841..857bacc6a735 100644
--- a/cad/Clipper2/Makefile
+++ b/cad/Clipper2/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/AngusJohnson/Clipper2
 LICENSE=	BSL
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/../License.txt
 
-USES=	cmake compiler:c++17-lang dos2unix pathfix zip
+USES=	cmake compiler:c++17-lang dos2unix zip
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	CPP
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
diff --git a/cad/brlcad/Makefile b/cad/brlcad/Makefile
index d74135017aa9..947d82bf5058 100644
--- a/cad/brlcad/Makefile
+++ b/cad/brlcad/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	liblz4.so:archivers/liblz4 \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
 		libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig
 
-USES=		bison:alias cmake:insource cpe gl pathfix pkgconfig python:env \
+USES=		bison:alias cmake:insource cpe gl pkgconfig python:env \
 		tar:bzip2 tk xorg
 USE_GL=		gl glu
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/cad/freehdl/Makefile b/cad/freehdl/Makefile
index 00a1f7b82ac4..8a046ac4ea76 100644
--- a/cad/freehdl/Makefile
+++ b/cad/freehdl/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	guile:lang/guile
 
-USES=		gmake pathfix libtool makeinfo perl5 pkgconfig
+USES=		gmake libtool makeinfo perl5 pkgconfig
 # Bug 219297: GCC 6 changed its default from -std=gnu++98 to -std=gnu++14, and
 # this port's code is not compatible with C++11. Since the project looks
 # abandoned upstream, it makes more sense to just continue building with an
diff --git a/cad/geda/Makefile b/cad/geda/Makefile
index 2062094db6f4..d9960a42fe1d 100644
--- a/cad/geda/Makefile
+++ b/cad/geda/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libstroke.so:devel/libstroke
 RUN_DEPENDS=	gawk:lang/gawk
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext gmake gnome guile:1.8 libtool \
-		pathfix perl5 pkgconfig python:run shared-mime-info \
+		perl5 pkgconfig python:run shared-mime-info \
 		shebangfix
 SHEBANG_FILES=	examples/lightning_detector/bom libgeda/docs/*.dox \
 		utils/gxyrs/*.pl utils/scripts/* \
diff --git a/cad/gerbv/Makefile b/cad/gerbv/Makefile
index 9decb381912e..d94bde1ccd9b 100644
--- a/cad/gerbv/Makefile
+++ b/cad/gerbv/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libfontconfig.so:x11-fonts/fontconfig \
 		libfreetype.so:print/freetype2
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++11-lang cpe desktop-file-utils \
-		gmake gnome libtool localbase pathfix pkgconfig
+		gmake gnome libtool localbase pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	cairo gtk20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/cad/lepton-eda/Makefile b/cad/lepton-eda/Makefile
index 04ec713e092d..8b851ed0ff1f 100644
--- a/cad/lepton-eda/Makefile
+++ b/cad/lepton-eda/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext-tools gnome groff:build \
 		guile:2.2,3.0,conflicts iconv:wchar_t libtool localbase \
-		makeinfo pathfix perl5 pkgconfig shared-mime-info shebangfix \
+		makeinfo perl5 pkgconfig shared-mime-info shebangfix \
 		xorg
 USE_XORG=	pixman x11 xau xcb xcomposite xcursor xdamage xdmcp xext xfixes \
 		xi xinerama xrandr xrender
diff --git a/cad/verilator/Makefile b/cad/verilator/Makefile
index 26645e6a6aa3..f99d100a7ec6 100644
--- a/cad/verilator/Makefile
+++ b/cad/verilator/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libsystemc.so:devel/systemc # systemc is only added to share/verila
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/ar:devel/binutils \
 		gmake:devel/gmake # verilator runs gmake for the --hierarchical option when the 'gmake' method is chosen
 
-USES=		bison compiler:c++17-lang gmake localbase:ldflags pathfix perl5 python:build,run,test shebangfix tar:tgz
+USES=		bison compiler:c++17-lang gmake localbase:ldflags perl5 python:build,run,test shebangfix tar:tgz
 USE_CXXSTD=	c++17 # needs to match that of devel/systemc to avoid mismatches like https://github.com/verilator/verilator/issues/4499
 USE_GITHUB=	yes