diff --git a/comms/syncterm/Makefile b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
index f7cec3174ee7d..db159d72e549a 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/Makefile
+++ b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PLIST_FILES=	bin/syncterm \
 		share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/syncterm.png
 
 NO_CCACHE=	yes
-DISABLE_MAKE_JOBS=	yes
+MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 MAKE_ARGS+=	WITHOUT_PORTAUDIO=yes
 MAKE_ARGS+=	-C ${WRKSRC}
 MAKE_ARGS+=	PREFIX="${PREFIX}"
diff --git a/comms/wspr/Makefile b/comms/wspr/Makefile
index 26a1e8af2515e..623fac2ad5d6c 100644
--- a/comms/wspr/Makefile
+++ b/comms/wspr/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libhamlib.so:${PORTSDIR}/comms/hamlib \
 		libsamplerate.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/libsamplerate \
 		libportaudio.so:${PORTSDIR}/audio/portaudio
 
-DISABLE_MAKE_JOBS=	yes
+MAKE_JOBS_UNSAFE=	yes
 USES=		autoreconf dos2unix fortran gmake libtool python:3.3 tar:bzip2
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-gfortran=${FC} \