diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0462f028..028c3634 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ include Makefile.inc
 SUBDIR=		conf.d etc init.d local.d man scripts sh src sysctl.d
 
 # Build our old net foo or not
+MKOLDNET?= yes
 ifeq (${MKOLDNET},yes)
 SUBDIR+=	net doc
 endif
diff --git a/README b/README
index f02557e5..70f334fa 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MKSELINUX=yes
 MKSTATICLIBS=no
 MKTERMCAP=ncurses
 MKTERMCAP=termcap
-MKOLDNET=yes
+MKOLDNET=no
 PKG_PREFIX=/usr/pkg
 LOCAL_PREFIX=/usr/local
 PREFIX=/usr/local