diff --git a/games/moonlight-embedded/Makefile b/games/moonlight-embedded/Makefile
index 3a0f43427f1a..f4e6a4716829 100644
--- a/games/moonlight-embedded/Makefile
+++ b/games/moonlight-embedded/Makefile
@@ -1,49 +1,49 @@
 PORTNAME=	moonlight-embedded
-DISTVERSION=	2.5.2
+DISTVERSION=	2.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/irtimmer/moonlight-embedded/releases/download/v${DISTVERSION}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Gamestream client
 WWW=		https://github.com/irtimmer/moonlight-embedded
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/linux/input.h:devel/evdev-proto
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libavahi-client.so:net/avahi-app \
+		libavcodec.so:multimedia/ffmpeg \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libenet.so:net/enet \
 		libexpat.so:textproc/expat2 \
 		libevdev.so:devel/libevdev \
 		libopus.so:audio/opus \
 		libudev.so:devel/libudev-devd \
 		libuuid.so:misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid
 
 USES=		cmake localbase:ldflags perl5 pkgconfig sdl ssl tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_SDL=	sdl2
 
 NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 CFLAGS+=	-DHAS_SOCKLEN_T=1 -I${LOCALBASE}/include/libepoll-shim/
 LDFLAGS+=	-lepoll-shim
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/(ALSA)/d' \
 		-e '/libpulse-simple/d' \
 		-e '/libcec/d' \
 		${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/avahi-client/d' -e 's@SHARED@STATIC@' \
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@SHARED@STATIC@' \
 		-e 's@OpenSSL 1.0.2@OpenSSL@' -e '/^install(/d' \
 		${WRKSRC}/libgamestream/CMakeLists.txt
-	@${RM} ${WRKSRC}/libgamestream/discover.c
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's@/etc/moonlight/moonlight.conf@${PREFIX}/etc/moonlight.conf@' \
 		-e 's@moonligt@moonlight@g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/docs/README.pod
 
 post-install:
 	@${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/moonlight.conf \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/moonlight.conf.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/moonlight-embedded/distinfo b/games/moonlight-embedded/distinfo
index 119ac533be76..54aac4821a61 100644
--- a/games/moonlight-embedded/distinfo
+++ b/games/moonlight-embedded/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1649611079
-SHA256 (moonlight-embedded-2.5.2.tar.xz) = 05b8c4db5ff4e5ea6f6edf2ffc35fef4c989792342549498fd372bc21707f809
-SIZE (moonlight-embedded-2.5.2.tar.xz) = 295184
+TIMESTAMP = 1666188557
+SHA256 (moonlight-embedded-2.5.3.tar.xz) = 2fcd00049f58b0af882f0eec7077013c062bc35c8705f3d6bb7949d44e98fac0
+SIZE (moonlight-embedded-2.5.3.tar.xz) = 303180
diff --git a/games/moonlight-embedded/files/patch-src_main.c b/games/moonlight-embedded/files/patch-src_main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index eb3340ad3460..000000000000
--- a/games/moonlight-embedded/files/patch-src_main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- src/main.c.orig	2021-12-20 00:24:48 UTC
-+++ src/main.c
-@@ -258,12 +244,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
-       exit(-1);
-     }
-     config.address[0] = 0;
--    printf("Searching for server...\n");
--    gs_discover_server(config.address);
--    if (config.address[0] == 0) {
--      fprintf(stderr, "Autodiscovery failed. Specify an IP address next time.\n");
--      exit(-1);
--    }
-+    fprintf(stderr, "Autodiscovery unsupported. Specify an IP address next time.\n");
-+    exit(-1);
-   }
- 
-   char host_config_file[128];