diff --git a/ports/devel/gperf/STATUS b/ports/devel/gperf/STATUS
deleted file mode 100644
index b18e2302a2cd..000000000000
--- a/ports/devel/gperf/STATUS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-PORT
-Last attempt: 3.1_1
-Last success: 3.1_1
diff --git a/ports/devel/gperf/dragonfly/patch-lib_getopt.c b/ports/devel/gperf/dragonfly/patch-lib_getopt.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d6842075d744..000000000000
--- a/ports/devel/gperf/dragonfly/patch-lib_getopt.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-For strcmp(), strncmp(), strlen() visibility.
-
---- lib/getopt.c.orig	2005-05-14 14:22:36 UTC
-+++ lib/getopt.c
-@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@
- #include <unistd.h>
- #endif	/* GNU C library.  */
- 
-+#ifdef __DragonFly__
-+#include <string.h>
-+#endif
-+
- #ifdef VMS
- #include <unixlib.h>
- #if HAVE_STRING_H - 0
diff --git a/ports/devel/gperf/overlay.dops b/ports/devel/gperf/overlay.dops
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2cec5d43faf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/devel/gperf/overlay.dops
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# overlay.dops at ports/devel/gperf/overlay.dops
+port devel/gperf
+type port
+target @any
+reason "DragonFly needs <string.h> for strcmp/strncmp/strlen visibility in lib/getopt.c"
+