diff --git a/www/mediawiki/Makefile b/www/mediawiki/Makefile
index 466002a197f3..cf61263f400d 100644
--- a/www/mediawiki/Makefile
+++ b/www/mediawiki/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.87 2022/05/21 23:03:30 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.88 2022/05/21 23:05:59 rillig Exp $
 
 DISTNAME=	mediawiki-${VER}.${PVER}
 CATEGORIES=	www
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ INSTALLATION_DIRS=	${EGDIR} share/mediawiki
 VER=			1.36
 PVER=			2
 
-APACHE_USER?=		www
-APACHE_GROUP?=		www
 BUILD_DEFS+=		APACHE_USER APACHE_GROUP
 
 PKG_SYSCONFSUBDIR?=	httpd