diff --git a/biology/wfa2-lib/Makefile b/biology/wfa2-lib/Makefile
index a8a95a8229d4..ec1c0c6f3fd9 100644
--- a/biology/wfa2-lib/Makefile
+++ b/biology/wfa2-lib/Makefile
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 PORTNAME=		wfa2-lib
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=		2.3.4
+DISTVERSION=		2.3.5
 CATEGORIES=		biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	jwb@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Exact gap-affine algorithm using homology to accelerate alignment
 WWW=		https://github.com/smarco/WFA2-lib
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		cmake pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	smarco
 GH_PROJECT=	WFA2-lib
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/wfa2-lib/distinfo b/biology/wfa2-lib/distinfo
index ab50e1352a95..f654590ea8f9 100644
--- a/biology/wfa2-lib/distinfo
+++ b/biology/wfa2-lib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1695995337
-SHA256 (smarco-WFA2-lib-v2.3.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 3a02d19b45c7efcdcabdd956421b1e449e771fca0b0f072e02d7aa65ebb29f23
-SIZE (smarco-WFA2-lib-v2.3.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 4224505
+TIMESTAMP = 1713703314
+SHA256 (smarco-WFA2-lib-v2.3.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 2609d5f267f4dd91dce1776385b5a24a2f1aa625ac844ce0c3571c69178afe6e
+SIZE (smarco-WFA2-lib-v2.3.5_GH0.tar.gz) = 4225016
diff --git a/biology/wfa2-lib/files/patch-wavefront_wavefront__extend__kernels.c b/biology/wfa2-lib/files/patch-wavefront_wavefront__extend__kernels.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c46271b7a21e..000000000000
--- a/biology/wfa2-lib/files/patch-wavefront_wavefront__extend__kernels.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- wavefront/wavefront_extend_kernels.c.orig	2023-09-29 17:25:17 UTC
-+++ wavefront/wavefront_extend_kernels.c
-@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
-  * DESCRIPTION: WFA module for the "extension" of exact matches
-  */
- 
--#include <endian.h>
-+#include <sys/endian.h>
- 
- #include "wavefront_extend_kernels.h"
- #include "wavefront_termination.h"