diff --git a/biology/star/Makefile b/biology/star/Makefile
index 6172318b1e7d..968caa762551 100644
--- a/biology/star/Makefile
+++ b/biology/star/Makefile
@@ -1,56 +1,51 @@
 PORTNAME=	STAR
 DISTVERSION=	2.7.11a
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	biology
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	rna-
 
 MAINTAINER=	jwb@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Spliced Transcripts Alignment to a Reference
 WWW=		https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKDIR}/STAR-${DISTVERSION}/LICENSE
 
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS=		armv6 armv7 i386 mips powerpc powerpcspe
 NOT_FOR_ARCHS_REASON=	Requires 64-bit processor
 .if !exists(/usr/include/omp.h)
 BROKEN=		requires OpenMP support that is missing on this architecture
 .endif
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	xxd:sysutils/xxd
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libhts.so:biology/htslib
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gmake localbase:ldflags
 # FIXME: When built with clang, number of input reads = 0
 USE_GCC=	yes
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	alexdobin
 
 WRKSRC_SUBDIR=	source
-MAKE_FLAGS=	HTSLIB=''
+MAKE_FLAGS=	HTSLIB='' CXXFLAGS_SIMD=""
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/STAR
 
 post-patch:
 	${RM} -rf ${WRKSRC}/htslib
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} \
 		-e 's|"htslib/htslib/sam.h"|<htslib/sam.h>|g' \
 		-e 's|"htslib/htslib/kstring.h"|<htslib/kstring.h>|g' \
 		-e 's|"htslib/htslib/bgzf.h"|<htslib/bgzf.h>|g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/BAMfunctions.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/IncludeDefine.h \
 		${WRKSRC}/STAR.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/bamRemoveDuplicates.cpp \
 		${WRKSRC}/bam_cat.c \
 		${WRKSRC}/bam_cat.h \
 		${WRKSRC}/signalFromBAM.h
 
-.include <bsd.port.options.mk>
-
-.if ${ARCH} != amd64
-MAKE_FLAGS+=	CXXFLAGS_SIMD=""
-.endif
-
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/STAR ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/star/files/patch-Makefile b/biology/star/files/patch-Makefile
index c9943e2e73bc..55d592e70c2f 100644
--- a/biology/star/files/patch-Makefile
+++ b/biology/star/files/patch-Makefile
@@ -1,60 +1,62 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2022-11-01 14:50:35 UTC
+--- Makefile.orig	2023-08-15 19:21:58 UTC
 +++ Makefile
-@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ CXXFLAGSextra ?=
+@@ -11,14 +11,19 @@ CXXFLAGSextra ?=
  # user may define the compiler
  CXX ?= g++
  
 +# user may set to '' and sed "htslib/htslib/*.h" to <htslib/*.h>
 +# if they don't want the bundled htslib
 +HTSLIB ?= htslib
 +
  # pre-defined flags
- LDFLAGS_shared := -pthread -Lhtslib -Bstatic -lhts -Bdynamic -lz
- LDFLAGS_static := -static -static-libgcc -pthread -Lhtslib -lhts -lz
-@@ -18,7 +22,8 @@ LDFLAGS_Mac :=-pthread -lz htslib/libhts.a
+-LDFLAGS_shared := -pthread -Lhtslib -Bstatic -lhts -Bdynamic -lz
+-LDFLAGS_static := -static -static-libgcc -pthread -Lhtslib -lhts -lz
++LDFLAGS_shared := -pthread -lhts -lz
++LDFLAGS_static := -static -pthread -lhts -lz
+ LDFLAGS_Mac :=-pthread -lz htslib/libhts.a
  LDFLAGS_Mac_static :=-pthread -lz -static-libgcc htslib/libhts.a
  LDFLAGS_gdb := $(LDFLAGS_shared)
  
 -DATE_FMT = --iso-8601=seconds
 +# --iso-8601 is not portable
 +DATE_FMT = -Iseconds
  ifdef SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
      BUILD_DATE ?= $(shell date -u -d "@$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "$(DATE_FMT)" 2>/dev/null || date -u -r "$(SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH)" "$(DATE_FMT)" 2>/dev/null || date -u "$(DATE_FMT)")
  else
 @@ -41,12 +46,12 @@ GIT_BRANCH_COMMIT_DIFF := -D'GIT_BRANCH_COMMIT_DIFF="$
  
  # Defaults, can be overridden by make arguments or environment
  CXXFLAGS ?= -pipe -Wall -Wextra
 -CFLAGS ?= -pipe -Wall -Wextra -O3
 +CFLAGS ?= -pipe -Wall -Wextra
  CXXFLAGS_SIMD ?= -mavx2
  
  # Unconditionally set essential flags and optimization options
  CXXFLAGS_common := -std=c++11 -fopenmp $(COMPTIMEPLACE) $(GIT_BRANCH_COMMIT_DIFF)
 -CXXFLAGS_main := -O3 $(CXXFLAGS_common)
 +CXXFLAGS_main := $(CXXFLAGS_common)
  CXXFLAGS_gdb := -O0 -g3 $(CXXFLAGS_common)
  
  ##########################################################################################################
 @@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ clean:
  
  .PHONY: CLEAN
  CLEAN: clean
 -	$(MAKE) -C htslib clean
 +	$(MAKE) -C $(HTSLIB) clean
  
  
  .PHONY: clean_solo
 @@ -131,10 +136,10 @@ ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),CLEAN)
  ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),clean_solo)
  ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),STARforMac)
  ifneq ($(MAKECMDGOALS),STARforMacGDB)
 -Depend.list: $(SOURCES) parametersDefault.xxd htslib
 +Depend.list: $(SOURCES) parametersDefault.xxd $(HTSLIB)
  	echo $(SOURCES)
  	'rm' -f ./Depend.list
 -	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS_common) -MM $^ >> Depend.list
 +	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS_common) -MM $^ >> Depend.list
  include Depend.list
  endif
  endif