diff --git a/devel/libnotify/Makefile b/devel/libnotify/Makefile
index 1a81376cae13..854142d6368c 100644
--- a/devel/libnotify/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libnotify/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	libnotify
-DISTVERSION=	0.8.3
+DISTVERSION=	0.8.4
 CATEGORIES=	devel gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	GNOME
 
 MAINTAINER=	desktop@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for desktop notifications
 WWW=		https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libnotify
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-USES=		gmake gnome meson pkgconfig tar:xz
+USES=		gnome meson pkgconfig tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	gdkpixbuf2 glib20 introspection:build
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Ddocbook_docs=disabled \
 		-Dgtk_doc=false \
 		-Dtests=false
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MANPAGES
 OPTIONS_SUB=		yes
 
-MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	docbook-xsl-ns>=0:textproc/docbook-xsl-ns
+MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	docbook-xsl>0:textproc/docbook-xsl
 MANPAGES_USE=		GNOME=libxslt:build
 MANPAGES_MESON_TRUE=	man
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/libnotify/distinfo b/devel/libnotify/distinfo
index cc63796a89ba..3ed0bb696ca3 100644
--- a/devel/libnotify/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libnotify/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1714234969
-SHA256 (libnotify-0.8.3.tar.xz) = ee8f3ef946156ad3406fdf45feedbdcd932dbd211ab4f16f75eba4f36fb2f6c0
-SIZE (libnotify-0.8.3.tar.xz) = 106008
+TIMESTAMP = 1740218228
+SHA256 (libnotify-0.8.4.tar.xz) = 8fa04d4ebdc155b0a239df88bd9f09e8f2739d5707a1390b427ab4985f83d25a
+SIZE (libnotify-0.8.4.tar.xz) = 107396
diff --git a/devel/libnotify/files/patch-libnotify_meson.build b/devel/libnotify/files/patch-libnotify_meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 18b4cdc232a0..000000000000
--- a/devel/libnotify/files/patch-libnotify_meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- libnotify/meson.build.orig	2023-02-17 21:20:15 UTC
-+++ libnotify/meson.build
-@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ notify_dep = declare_dependency(
-   dependencies: libnotify_deps,
-   compile_args: libnotify_cflags,
-   sources: headers + [enum_types[1]] + [marshal[1]],
--  link_args: libnotify_ldflags,
- )
- 
- libnotify_lib = shared_library(LIBNAME,
-@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ libnotify_lib = shared_library(LIBNAME,
-   version: '@0@.@1@.@2@'.format(LT_CURRENT, LT_REVISION, LT_AGE),
-   soversion: LT_CURRENT,
-   install: true,
-+  link_args: libnotify_ldflags,
- )
- 
- libnotify_dep = declare_dependency(