diff --git a/net/boinc/patches/001-avoidExtraDependencies b/net/boinc/patches/001-avoidExtraDependencies
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/boinc/patches/001-avoidExtraDependencies
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Index: boinc-client_release-7.16-7.16.5/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- boinc-client_release-7.16-7.16.5.orig/configure.ac
++++ boinc-client_release-7.16-7.16.5/configure.ac
+@@ -506,8 +506,10 @@ SAH_CHECK_LIB([dl], [dlopen],
+     [BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS="${BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS} ${sah_lib_last}"])
+ SAH_CHECK_LIB([nsl], [gethostbyname],
+     [BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS="${BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS} ${sah_lib_last}"])
++if test "${enable_manager}" = yes ; then
+ SAH_CHECK_LIB([freetype], [fopen],
+     [BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS="${BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS} ${sah_lib_last}"])
++fi
+ SAH_CHECK_LIB([socket], [bind],
+     [BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS="${BOINC_EXTRA_LIBS} ${sah_lib_last}"])
+ SAH_CHECK_LIB([z], [gzopen],