make: don't know how to make /usr/lib/crt0.o (prerequisite of: httpd)

The "httpd-plus" [1] patch installs just find when a fresh 7.0 install selects packages "base", "bsd", "bsd.rd", "bsd.mp", "comp", and "man".

However, when a fresh 7.0 install selects all the same packages except "comp", and then subsequently adds the "comp" package via the command:

(cd /root && curl -s -O https://cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/7.0/amd64/comp70.tgz && cd / && tar xzvphf /root/comp70.tgz)

The installation of the "httpd-plus" patch fails with the following snippet:

<snip>
Building and installing httpd-plus binary and manpage ...
/usr/src/usr.sbin/httpd/obj -> /usr/obj/usr.sbin/httpd
make: don't know how to make /usr/lib/crt0.o (prerequisite of: httpd)
Stop in /usr/src/usr.sbin/httpd
Restoring original sources ... Done.
Installing httpd-plus failed (exitcode: 2).

This logic worked on 6.9, what's the difference? Why can't /usr/lib/crt0.o be found or made? How to get past this error without needing to install the "comp" package during installation?

PS: I don't want "comp" on the production system. After installing "httpd-plus", I run the following command to remove it: (cd /root && for i in `tar -tzvf /root/comp70.tgz | awk '{print $NF}'`; do rm -rf $i; done) && rm /root/comp70.tgz

[1] https://github.com/mpfr/httpd-plus/tree/7.0-stable

Thanks,
Kent