diff --git a/Ports/imgcat/package.sh b/Ports/imgcat/package.sh
index 927301c9a4..1568a9f372 100755
--- a/Ports/imgcat/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/imgcat/package.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,3 @@ build() {
     run make \
         production=true
 }
-
-export CPPFLAGS="-I${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/ncurses"
diff --git a/Ports/nano/package.sh b/Ports/nano/package.sh
index d29cce5f74..bb90293604 100755
--- a/Ports/nano/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/nano/package.sh
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ auth_type="sig"
 auth_import_key="BFD009061E535052AD0DF2150D28D4D2A0ACE884"
 auth_opts=("nano-${version}.tar.xz.asc" "nano-${version}.tar.xz")
 
-export CPPFLAGS="-I${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/ncurses"
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
index 396d22193b..3acdde2ddd 100755
--- a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
@@ -87,4 +87,10 @@ post_install() {
     # Target folder has to be removed, otherwise we will get `/usr/local/include/ncurses/ncursesw`.
     rm -rf "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/ncurses"
     ln -svf ncursesw "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/ncurses"
+
+    # Compatibility symlink for ports that expect `/usr/local/include/curses.h` and friends.
+    # FIXME: Is there a logical explanation for all of this? If so, we should clean it up at some point.
+    for file in $(ls "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/ncursesw"); do
+        ln -svf ncursesw/${file} "${SERENITY_INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/local/include/${file}"
+    done
 }