diff --git a/www/yaws/Makefile b/www/yaws/Makefile
index f4b06112af59..cd391d92dba1 100644
--- a/www/yaws/Makefile
+++ b/www/yaws/Makefile
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=	i386 amd64 sparc64
 MAN1=		yaws.1
 MAN5=		yaws.conf.5 yaws_api.5 yaws_soap_lib.5
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	SENDFILE
-SENDFILE_DESC=	Use native sendfile(2) interface
-OPTIONS_DEFAULT=SENDFILE
-
 APPDIR=${PREFIX}/lib/erlang/lib/yaws-${PORTVERSION}
 
 SUB_FILES=      pkg-message
@@ -38,14 +34,6 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--prefix=${PREFIX} --localstatedir=/var
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MSENDFILE}
-PLIST_SUB+=	SENDFILE=""
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-sendfile
-.else
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-sendfile
-PLIST_SUB+=	SENDFILE="@comment "
-.endif
-
 post-extract:
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name .empty -delete
 
diff --git a/www/yaws/pkg-plist b/www/yaws/pkg-plist
index 5e78b2ddd000..be7cf422de44 100644
--- a/www/yaws/pkg-plist
+++ b/www/yaws/pkg-plist
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ bin/yaws
 %%LIB32DIR%%/erlang/lib/yaws-%%VERSION%%/src/yaws_websockets.erl
 %%LIB32DIR%%/erlang/lib/yaws-%%VERSION%%/src/yaws_xmlrpc.erl
 %%LIB32DIR%%/erlang/lib/yaws-%%VERSION%%/src/yaws_zlib.erl
-%%SENDFILE%%%%LIB32DIR%%/erlang/lib/yaws-%%VERSION%%/priv/lib/yaws_sendfile_drv.so
 %%WWWDIR%%/END
 %%WWWDIR%%/END2
 %%WWWDIR%%/HEAD