diff --git a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
index 55234e15f80..9a51608c63f 100644
--- a/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
+++ b/share/mk/bsd.own.mk
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ __DEFAULT_YES_OPTIONS = \
     PMC \
     PORTSNAP \
     PPP \
+    PROFILE \
     QUOTAS \
     RCMDS \
     RCS \
@@ -418,8 +419,7 @@ __DEFAULT_NO_OPTIONS = \
     ICONV \
     IDEA \
     LIBCPLUSPLUS \
-    OFED \
-    PROFILE
+    OFED
 
 #
 # Default behaviour of some options depends on the architecture.  Unfortunately
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_PROFILE b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_PROFILE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12fc060aacf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/build/options/WITHOUT_PROFILE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to avoid compiling profiled libraries.
diff --git a/tools/build/options/WITH_PROFILE b/tools/build/options/WITH_PROFILE
deleted file mode 100644
index 41a5922002e..00000000000
--- a/tools/build/options/WITH_PROFILE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-.\" $FreeBSD$
-Set to build profiled libraries.