diff --git a/Ports/bzip2/package.sh b/Ports/bzip2/package.sh
index 1790b62e66..2766d137fb 100755
--- a/Ports/bzip2/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/bzip2/package.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,13 @@ port=bzip2
 version=1.0.8
 files="https://sourceware.org/pub/bzip2/bzip2-${version}.tar.gz bzip2-${version}.tar.gz 67e051268d0c475ea773822f7500d0e5"
 auth_type=md5
-makeopts="bzip2 CC=${CC}"
+makeopts=bzip2
 installopts="PREFIX=${SERENITY_BUILD_DIR}/Root/usr/local"
+
+build() {
+    run make CC="${CC}" $makeopts bzip2
+}
+
+install() {
+    run make DESTDIR=$DESTDIR CC="${CC}" $installopts install
+}
diff --git a/Ports/figlet/package.sh b/Ports/figlet/package.sh
index ed9ef90ad6..0b877fb8b1 100755
--- a/Ports/figlet/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/figlet/package.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ port=figlet
 version=2.2.5
 files="http://ftp.figlet.org/pub/figlet/program/unix/figlet-${version}.tar.gz figlet-${version}.tar.gz d88cb33a14f1469fff975d021ae2858e"
 auth_type=md5
-makeopts="CC=${CC} LD=${CC}"
+
+build() {
+    run make CC="${CC}" LD="${CC}" $makeopts
+}
diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
index 2463ad6af5..ea6ead6e55 100755
--- a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-${version}.tar.gz.sig ncurses-${ve
 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg gnu-keyring.gpg"
 auth_type="sig"
 auth_opts="--keyring ./gnu-keyring.gpg ncurses-${version}.tar.gz.sig"
+
+pre_configure() {
+    export CPPFLAGS="-P"
+}