diff --git a/editors/abiword-x11/Portfile b/editors/abiword-x11/Portfile
index eb4007f984fff..29a1271d795b5 100644
--- a/editors/abiword-x11/Portfile
+++ b/editors/abiword-x11/Portfile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ configure.cmd      ./autogen.sh
 
 depends_build-append \
                     port:autoconf \
+                    port:autoconf-archive \
                     port:automake \
                     port:libtool \
                     port:pkgconfig
@@ -83,13 +84,13 @@ variant evolution description "Enable Evolution data server" {
                     --with-evolution-data-server
 }
 
-# Do not make it the default on older OS, for now.
+# Do not make it the default, until it is fixed.
 # https://trac.macports.org/ticket/69798
-if {(${os.platform} eq "darwin" && ${os.major} > 12) \
-    || ${os.platform} ne "darwin"} {
-    default_variants-append \
-                    +evolution
-}
+# if {(${os.platform} eq "darwin" && ${os.major} > 12) \
+#     || ${os.platform} ne "darwin"} {
+#     default_variants-append \
+#                     +evolution
+# }
 
 post-activate {
     system "${prefix}/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0 -f -t ${prefix}/share/icons/hicolor"