diff --git a/irc/irssi/Makefile b/irc/irssi/Makefile
index 15cc269bf052..e2e8214d1d6b 100644
--- a/irc/irssi/Makefile
+++ b/irc/irssi/Makefile
@@ -1,54 +1,51 @@
 PORTNAME=	irssi
 DISTVERSION=	1.4.5
 PORTREVISION=	1
 PORTEPOCH=	2
 CATEGORIES?=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/ \
 		https://codeberg.org/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	dor.bsd@xm0.uk
 COMMENT=	Modular IRC client with many features
 WWW=		https://irssi.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		compiler:c11 cpe gettext-runtime gnome meson localbase:ldflags \
 		ncurses perl5 pkgconfig ssl tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	glib20
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dinstall-glib=no -Ddisable-gregex=no -Dstatic-dependency=no \
 		-Dwith-fuzzer=no -Dwithout-textui=no
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		BOT CAPSICUM DOCS OTR PERL PROXY UTF8PROC
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	BOT CAPSICUM PERL PROXY
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
 BOT_DESC=		Bot support
 CAPSICUM_DESC=		Capsicum support
 OTR_DESC=		OTR (off-the-record) support
 UTF8PROC_DESC=		utf8proc support
 
 BOT_MESON_YES=		with-bot
 CAPSICUM_MESON_YES=	with-capsicum
 OTR_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt \
 			libotr.so:security/libotr
 OTR_MESON_YES=		with-otr
 PERL_MESON_YES=		with-perl
 PROXY_MESON_YES=	with-proxy
 UTF8PROC_LIB_DEPENDS=	libutf8proc.so:textproc/utf8proc
 UTF8PROC_MESON_NO=	disable-utf8proc
 
 PERL_USE_OFF=		perl5=build
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|%%OPENSSLLIB%%|${OPENSSLLIB}|' ${WRKSRC}/meson.build
-
 post-install-PERL-off:
 	@${RM} -r ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/scripts
 
 post-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/irssi.conf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/irssi.conf.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/irc/irssi/files/patch-meson.build b/irc/irssi/files/patch-meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 722b7a6da6d2..000000000000
--- a/irc/irssi/files/patch-meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- meson.build.orig	2023-03-28 12:13:26 UTC
-+++ meson.build
-@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ if glib_internal and want_static_dependency and want_f
- else
-   openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', static : want_static_dependency, include_type : 'system')
- endif
--dep += openssl_dep
-+dep += cc.find_library('crypto', dirs: '%%OPENSSLLIB%%')
-+dep += cc.find_library('ssl', dirs: '%%OPENSSLLIB%%')
- 
- ############
- # utf8proc #