Index: texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
--- texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua.orig
+++ texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 -- ConTeXt needs a properly expanded TEXMFLOCAL, so here is a
 -- bit of lua code to make that happen
 
-local texmflocal = resolvers.prefixes.selfautoparent();
-texmflocal = string.gsub(texmflocal, "20%d%d$", "texmf-local");
-
 return {
 
     type    = "configuration",
@@ -25,6 +22,9 @@ return {
         -- I don't care too much about it as extending is easy.
 
         variables = {
+            -- Note that in OpenBSD, where we use the old teTeX path convention
+            -- selfauto does not work.
+            TEXMFROOT       = "${TRUEPREFIX}/share",
 
             -- The following variable is predefined (but can be overloaded) and in
             -- most cases you can leve this one untouched. The built-in definition
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ return {
 
             -- only used for FONTCONFIG_PATH & TEXMFCACHE in TeX Live
 
-            TEXMFSYSVAR     = "selfautoparent:texmf-var",
+	    TEXMFSYSVAR     = "${TEXMFROOT}/texmf-var",
             TEXMFVAR        = "home:.texlive2022/texmf-var",
 
             -- We have only one cache path but there can be more. The first writable one
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ return {
             -- By using prefixes we don't get expanded paths in the cache __path__
             -- entry. This makes the tex root relocatable.
 
-            TEXMFOS         = "selfautodir:",
-            TEXMFDIST       = "selfautoparent:texmf-dist",
+            TEXMFOS         = "${TRUEPREFIX}",
+            TEXMFDIST       = "$TEXMFROOT/texmf-dist",
 
-            TEXMFLOCAL      = texmflocal,
-            TEXMFSYSCONFIG  = "selfautoparent:texmf-config",
-            TEXMFFONTS      = "selfautoparent:texmf-fonts",
-            TEXMFPROJECT    = "selfautoparent:texmf-project",
+            TEXMFLOCAL      = "$TEXMFROOT/texmf-local",
+            TEXMFSYSCONFIG  = "$TEXMFROOT/texmf-config",
+            TEXMFFONTS      = "$TEXMFROOT/texmf-fonts",
+            TEXMFPROJECT    = "$TEXMFROOT/texmf-project",
 
             TEXMFHOME       = "home:texmf",
          -- TEXMFHOME       = os.name == "macosx" and "home:Library/texmf" or "home:texmf",