diff --git a/Mk/Uses/kde.mk b/Mk/Uses/kde.mk
index 8556bb1d5cca..5ddeeccd61f7 100644
--- a/Mk/Uses/kde.mk
+++ b/Mk/Uses/kde.mk
@@ -155,9 +155,14 @@ MASTER_SITES?=		KDE/${KDE_APPLICATIONS_BRANCH}/applications/${KDE_APPLICATIONS_V
 MASTER_SITES?=		KDE/${KDE_APPLICATIONS_BRANCH}/release-service/${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION}/src
 # Let bsd.port.mk create the plist-entries for the documentation.
 # KDE Applications ports install their documentation to
-# ${PREFIX}/share/doc.
+# ${PREFIX}/share/doc. This is only done if the port
+# defines OPTION DOCS -- the _KDE_OPTIONS here is to
+# avoid make errors when there are no options defined at all.
+_KDE_OPTIONS=		bogus ${OPTIONS_DEFINE}
+.          if ${_KDE_OPTIONS:MDOCS}
 DOCSDIR=		${PREFIX}/share/doc
 PORTDOCS?=		HTML/*
+.          endif
 # Further pass along a SHLIB_VER PLIST_SUB
 PLIST_SUB+=		KDE_APPLICATIONS_SHLIB_VER=${KDE_APPLICATIONS_SHLIB_VER} \
 			KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION_SHORT="${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION:R:R}"
diff --git a/sysutils/baloo-widgets/Makefile b/sysutils/baloo-widgets/Makefile
index 56a2bb97a391..916b6ddc7c77 100644
--- a/sysutils/baloo-widgets/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/baloo-widgets/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ USE_QT=		concurrent core dbus gui network testlib widgets xml \
 		buildtools_build qmake_build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
-
 # Override shared library version
 KDE_APPLICATIONS_SHLIB_VER=${KDE_APPLICATIONS_VERSION}