diff --git a/multimedia/gstreamermm/Makefile b/multimedia/gstreamermm/Makefile
index 0129814c66b1..02d05b141c5e 100644
--- a/multimedia/gstreamermm/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gstreamermm/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	gstreamermm
-# Date created:		2008-02-23
-# Whom:			Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Michael Johnson <ahze@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
 #    $MCom: ports/multimedia/gstreamermm/Makefile,v 1.6 2009/09/26 13:42:00 marcus Exp $
 
@@ -20,7 +17,8 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	gtkmm-2.4.1:${PORTSDIR}/x11-toolkits/gtkmm24
 USE_XZ=		yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_GSTREAMER=	theora vorbis cdparanoia gio pango
-USE_GNOME=	pkgconfig gnomeprefix gnomehack
+USE_GNOME=	gnomeprefix gnomehack
+USE_PKGCONFIG=	build
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-documentation
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
diff --git a/multimedia/mjpegtools/Makefile b/multimedia/mjpegtools/Makefile
index af0781ffa2ef..7b61ff9e720b 100644
--- a/multimedia/mjpegtools/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/mjpegtools/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	mjpegtools
-# Date created:		Wed May 29 21:12:38 UTC 2002
-# Whom:	          Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org>
-#
+# Created by: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@FreeBSD.org>
 # $FreeBSD$
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	mjpegtools
 PORTVERSION=	2.0.0
@@ -22,7 +18,7 @@ QUICKTIME_DESC=		Enable libQuickTime support
 
 CONFLICTS=	mplex-[0-9]*
 
-USE_GNOME=	pkgconfig
+USE_PKGCONFIG=	build
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
 USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtoolize aclocal autoheader automake autoconf
 LIBTOOLIZE_ARGS=--force
diff --git a/multimedia/py-gstreamer/Makefile b/multimedia/py-gstreamer/Makefile
index 119da07a6edf..52163f6bf91d 100644
--- a/multimedia/py-gstreamer/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/py-gstreamer/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:	gstreamer-python
-# Date created:		Fri Apr  9 16:24:13 CEST 2004
-# Whom:			Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl>
-#
+# Created by: Koop Mast <kwm@rainbow-runner.nl>
 # $FreeBSD$
 #    $MCom: ports/multimedia/py-gstreamer/Makefile,v 1.20 2008/07/26 17:21:38 marcus Exp $
-#
 
 PORTNAME=	gstreamer
 PORTVERSION=	0.10.22
@@ -26,7 +22,8 @@ RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/libxml2mod.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/py-libxml2
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
-USE_GNOME=	pygobject gnomehack pkgconfig
+USE_GNOME=	pygobject gnomehack
+USE_PKGCONFIG=	build
 USE_GSTREAMER=	yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 PLIST_SUB=	VERSION="${GST_VERSION}"
diff --git a/multimedia/vcdimager/Makefile b/multimedia/vcdimager/Makefile
index 810d6d0d2b8c..062c808d9216 100644
--- a/multimedia/vcdimager/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vcdimager/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-# New ports collection makefile for:   vcdimager
-# Date created:                                16 April 2001
-# Whom:                                        Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de>
-#
+# Created by: Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de>
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	vcdimager
@@ -24,7 +21,8 @@ USE_AUTOTOOLS=	libtool
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
-USE_GNOME=	gnomehack pkgconfig lthack
+USE_PKGCONFIG=	build
+USE_GNOME=	gnomehack lthack
 CPPFLAGS+=	${CXXFLAGS} -I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib