diff --git a/textproc/xerces-c3/Makefile b/textproc/xerces-c3/Makefile
index 3099c5a6aee1..edec102b0b5b 100644
--- a/textproc/xerces-c3/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/xerces-c3/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ WWW=		https://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/ \
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-USES=		compiler cpe iconv libtool pathfix
+USES=		compiler cpe iconv libtool
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-netaccessor-socket \
 		--enable-transcoder-iconv \