diff --git a/mk/check/check-shlibs-elf.awk b/mk/check/check-shlibs-elf.awk
index 8f0f727b183b..34cb597bd539 100644
--- a/mk/check/check-shlibs-elf.awk
+++ b/mk/check/check-shlibs-elf.awk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: check-shlibs-elf.awk,v 1.18 2020/01/16 22:53:11 joerg Exp $
+# $NetBSD: check-shlibs-elf.awk,v 1.19 2021/10/11 20:26:28 jperkin Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2007 Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@NetBSD.org>.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function checkshlib(DSO, needed, rpath, found, dso_rpath, got_rpath, nrpath) {
 			print DSO ": rpath relative to WRKDIR"
 		}
 	}
-	nblist = split(blacklist, blist, " ")
+	ntpaths = split(toxic, tpaths, " ")
 	nedirs = split(extradirs, edirs, " ")
 	for (lib in needed) {
 		found = 0
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ function checkshlib(DSO, needed, rpath, found, dso_rpath, got_rpath, nrpath) {
 			}
 			if (!libcache[libfile]) {
 				check_pkg(rpath[p] "/" lib)
-				for (b = 1; b <= nblist; b++) {
-					if (match(rpath[p] "/" lib, blist[b])) {
-						print DSO ": resolved path " rpath[p] "/" lib " matches blacklist " blist[b]
+				for (t = 1; t <= ntpaths; t++) {
+					if (match(rpath[p] "/" lib, tpaths[t])) {
+						print DSO ": resolved path " rpath[p] "/" lib " matches toxic " tpaths[t]
 					}
 				}
 				for (e = 1; e <= nedirs; e++) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	readelf = ENVIRON["READELF"]
 	wrkdir = ENVIRON["WRKDIR"]
 	extradirs = ENVIRON["CHECK_WRKREF_EXTRA_DIRS"]
-	blacklist = ENVIRON["CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST"]
+	toxic = ENVIRON["CHECK_SHLIBS_TOXIC"]
 	pkg_info_cmd = ENVIRON["PKG_INFO_CMD"]
 	depends_file = ENVIRON["DEPENDS_FILE"]
 	if (readelf == "")
diff --git a/mk/check/check-shlibs.mk b/mk/check/check-shlibs.mk
index 90978cdf8b8b..c894f91f2795 100644
--- a/mk/check/check-shlibs.mk
+++ b/mk/check/check-shlibs.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: check-shlibs.mk,v 1.33 2020/10/09 16:00:16 jperkin Exp $
+# $NetBSD: check-shlibs.mk,v 1.34 2021/10/11 20:26:28 jperkin Exp $
 #
 # This file verifies that all libraries used by the package can be found
 # at run-time.
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 #
 #	Default value: "yes" for PKG_DEVELOPERs, "no" otherwise.
 #
-# CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST
+# CHECK_SHLIBS_TOXIC
 # 	A list of regular expressions that will cause the test to fail
-# 	if they are matched in the resolved runpath.  For example, set
-# 	to ^/usr/lib/lib(crypto|ssl) will ensure that OpenSSL is not
+# 	if they match any resolved library paths.  For example, set
+# 	to ^/usr/lib/lib(crypto|ssl) ensures that OpenSSL is not
 # 	accidentally picked up from the OS.
 #
 #	Default value: empty.
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ CHECK_SHLIBS_NATIVE_ENV+=	LANG=C
 .  if defined(CHECK_WRKREF) && !empty(CHECK_WRKREF:Mextra)
 CHECK_SHLIBS_NATIVE_ENV+=	CHECK_WRKREF_EXTRA_DIRS=${CHECK_WRKREF_EXTRA_DIRS:Q}
 .  endif
-.  if defined(CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST)
-CHECK_SHLIBS_NATIVE_ENV+=	CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST=${CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST:Q}
+.  if defined(CHECK_SHLIBS_TOXIC)
+CHECK_SHLIBS_NATIVE_ENV+=	CHECK_SHLIBS_TOXIC=${CHECK_SHLIBS_TOXIC:Q}
+.  elif defined(CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST)
+CHECK_SHLIBS_NATIVE_ENV+=	CHECK_SHLIBS_TOXIC=${CHECK_SHLIBS_BLACKLIST:Q}
 .  endif
 
 privileged-install-hook: _check-shlibs