diff --git a/sys-apps/spiff/patches/Makefile.patch b/sys-apps/spiff/patches/Makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 48126a650..000000000
--- a/sys-apps/spiff/patches/Makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/SRC/Makefile b/SRC/Makefile
-index 12029bd..cce9963 100644
---- a/SRC/Makefile
-+++ b/SRC/Makefile
-@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ OSFLAG=
- #		choose either of a) b) or c)
- #
- # a) if you use termcap, enable the following lines
--TFLAG=-DM_TERMCAP
--TLIB=termcap
-+#TFLAG=-DM_TERMCAP
-+#TLIB=termcap
- 
- # b) if you are using terminfo on a XENIX machine, enable the following lines
- #TFLAG=-DM_TERMINFO
-@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ TLIB=termcap
- 
- # c) if you use terminfo on any other type of machine,
- #    enable the following lines
--#TFLAG=-DM_TERMINFO
--#TLIB=curses
-+TFLAG=-DM_TERMINFO
-+TLIB=ncurses
- 
- #
- #	3) SELECTION OF WINDOW MANAGER AVAILABILITY
-@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ CFILES= spiff.c output.c compare.c float.c strings.c exact.c miller.c parse.c co
- HFILES=misc.h strings.h line.h float.h floatrep.h tol.h command.h comment.h token.h edit.h parse.h compare.h flagdefs.h exact.h miller.h visual.h output.h
- OTHER=README Makefile Sample.1 Sample.2 Sample.3 Sample.4 paper.ms paper.out
- MANPAGE=spiff.1
-+INSDIR=insDir
- 
- CFLAGS=-O $(OSFLAG) $(TFLAG) $(VISFLAG)
- 
-@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ cpio:
- cmd:
- 	-$(CMD) $(CFILES) $(HFILES) $(OTHER) $(MANPAGE)
- install:
--	mv spiff $(INSDIR)/bin
-+	mkdir -p $(INSDIR)/man/man1
-+	mv spiff $(INSDIR)
- 	cp $(MANPAGE) $(INSDIR)/man/man1
- 	
diff --git a/sys-apps/spiff/spiff-1.recipe b/sys-apps/spiff/spiff-1.recipe
index b4f5cc78c..d92af0e89 100644
--- a/sys-apps/spiff/spiff-1.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/spiff/spiff-1.recipe
@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	spiff = $portVersion
-	bin:spiff = $portVersion"
+	cmd:spiff"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libncurses
+	lib:libroot
+"
 
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
 	makefile_engine
-	ncurses
+	devel:libncurses
 	cmd:gcc
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:mkdepend"
@@ -34,8 +40,6 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 COPYRIGHT="1988 Bellcore"
 LICENSE="SPIFF"
 
-PATCHES="Makefile.patch"
-
 BUILD()
 {
 	cd SRC
@@ -49,7 +53,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	make install
 	mkdir -p $binDir
 	mkdir -p $documentationDir
-	cp insDir/spiff $binDir
 	cp -R insDir/man $documentationDir
 	cd ..
 }