diff --git a/science/py-gpaw/Makefile b/science/py-gpaw/Makefile
index 747f226b4ea3..51abaddd3bb4 100644
--- a/science/py-gpaw/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-gpaw/Makefile
@@ -1,45 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	gpaw
-DISTVERSION=	22.1.0
-PORTREVISION=	6
+DISTVERSION=	24.6.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	DFT and beyond within the projector-augmented wave method in chemistry
-WWW=		https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/gpaw/
+WWW=		https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/gpaw/ \
+		https://gitlab.com/gpaw/gpaw
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
 		libmpich.so:net/mpich \
 		libopenblas.so:math/openblas \
 		libxc.so:science/libxc
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}ase>0:science/py-ase@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		gpaw-setups>0:science/gpaw-setups
 
 USES=		gettext-runtime localbase python shebangfix
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils concurrent autoplist
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	tools/*
 
 LDFLAGS=	-lmpi # otherwise: ImportError: /usr/local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_gpaw.cpython-38.so: Undefined symbol "MPI_Comm_rank"
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} "s|'/usr/local/|'${LOCALBASE}/|" ${WRKSRC}/gpaw/__init__.py
-
 post-install:
 	@${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}/_gpaw*.so
 
-do-test: install
+do-test: install # tests fail to run, see https://gitlab.com/gpaw/gpaw/-/issues/1273
 	@${ECHO} "== Performing a test calculation on one CPU =="
 	@gpaw test
 	@${ECHO} "== Performing a test calculation on 8 CPUs =="
 	@gpaw -P 8 test
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/science/py-gpaw/distinfo b/science/py-gpaw/distinfo
index f2e375e3ef4c..ac047971ed43 100644
--- a/science/py-gpaw/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-gpaw/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1642067411
-SHA256 (gpaw-22.1.0.tar.gz) = 2d2509e9e4b23205f5576ddfd1b0e9d9ac8cea1cf80ae1216af29513bd3cc42a
-SIZE (gpaw-22.1.0.tar.gz) = 1625694
+TIMESTAMP = 1731548138
+SHA256 (gpaw-24.6.0.tar.gz) = fb48ef0db48c0e321ce5967126a47900bba20c7efb420d6e7b5459983bd8f6f6
+SIZE (gpaw-24.6.0.tar.gz) = 2000567
diff --git a/science/py-gpaw/files/patch-setup.py b/science/py-gpaw/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 09638fa49406..000000000000
--- a/science/py-gpaw/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2022-01-12 10:11:02 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if compiler is not None:
-         from sysconfig import get_config_vars
- 
-     # If CC is set then the following hack will not work
--    assert not os.environ.get('CC'), 'Please unset CC'
-+    #assert not os.environ.get('CC'), 'Please unset CC'
- 
-     vars = get_config_vars()
-     for key in ['CC', 'LDSHARED']: