diff --git a/comms/syncterm/Makefile b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
index ffeb58d428f0..3a836a0a8677 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/Makefile
+++ b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
@@ -1,47 +1,46 @@
 PORTNAME=	syncterm
-DISTVERSION=	1.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.9
 CATEGORIES=	comms
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-src
 
 MAINTAINER=	shurd@freebsd.org
 COMMENT=	ANSI-BBS terminal which supports telnet, rlogin, and SSH
 WWW=		https://syncterm.bbsdev.net/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
 USES=		cmake perl5 tar:tgz
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JXL PORTAUDIO PULSEAUDIO SDL WAYLAND X11
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JXL WAYLAND X11
 
 JXL_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/libjxl.pc:graphics/libjxl
 JXL_USES=		pkgconfig
 JXL_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_JPEG_XL=ON
 
 PORTAUDIO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/portaudio.h:audio/portaudio
 PORTAUDIO_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_PORTAUDIO=ON
 
 PULSEAUDIO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc:audio/pulseaudio
 PULSEAUDIO_USES=		pkgconfig
 PULSEAUDIO_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_PULSEAUDIO=ON
 
 SDL_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl2-config:devel/sdl20
 SDL_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_SDL=ON
 
 WAYLAND_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/wayland-client.pc:graphics/wayland
 WAYLAND_USES=		pkgconfig
 WAYLAND_CMAKE_OFF=	-DWITHOUT_WAYLAND=ON
 
 X11_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/x11.pc:x11/libX11 \
 			${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/xinerama.pc:x11/libXinerama \
 			${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/xrandr.pc:x11/libXrandr \
 			${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/xrender.pc:x11/libXrender
 X11_USES=		pkgconfig
 X11_CMAKE_OFF=		-DWITHOUT_X11=ON
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/distinfo b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
index 5f7a2a665be6..866295f8e3aa 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/distinfo
+++ b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1776547091
-SHA256 (syncterm-1.8-src.tgz) = 7e32abdff51f151ed70bcc34e0d17f7832f477d2e80be9af59acd31908bbc4b8
-SIZE (syncterm-1.8-src.tgz) = 14642645
+TIMESTAMP = 1788813959
+SHA256 (syncterm-1.9-src.tgz) = 1ed158cbfdb5fb863ad6d7faa57d81071d2ddebc1dcfdabca4b963f72e4a9801
+SIZE (syncterm-1.9-src.tgz) = 14612363
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-3rdp_build_CMakeLists.txt b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-3rdp_build_CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7617695a3cad..000000000000
--- a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-3rdp_build_CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- 3rdp/build/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-18 20:39:40 UTC
-+++ 3rdp/build/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -94,4 +94,8 @@ FetchContent_Declare(CryptLib
- 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${PATCHES} .
- 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hashpatch.pl .
- 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename makefile makefile.old)
-+# No network is used for this dependency (DOWNLOAD_COMMAND is empty), so the
-+# port-level FETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED guard would block a purely local
-+# zip extraction. Shadow it here so population always runs.
-+set(FETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED FALSE)
- FetchContent_MakeAvailable(CryptLib)
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_CMakeLists.txt b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dde3261cc3e..000000000000
--- a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- src/syncterm/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-18 20:39:38 UTC
-+++ src/syncterm/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ if(UNIX)
- 
- install(TARGETS syncterm DESTINATION bin)
- if(UNIX)
--	install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syncterm.man TYPE MAN)
-+	install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/syncterm.man
-+		DESTINATION share/man/man1
-+		RENAME syncterm.1)
- 	install(FILES syncterm.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
- 	install(FILES syncterm.desktop DESTINATION share/applications)
- 	install(FILES syncterm16.png DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps RENAME syncterm.png)
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_xpdev_CMakeLists.txt b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_xpdev_CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e8b5702fb42e..000000000000
--- a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_xpdev_CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- src/xpdev/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2026-04-18 20:39:40 UTC
-+++ src/xpdev/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -276,6 +276,13 @@ else()
- if(WITHOUT_CRYPTLIB)
- 	target_compile_definitions(xpdev PUBLIC WITHOUT_CRYPTLIB)
- else()
-+	if(NOT TARGET cl)
-+		add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../3rdp/build cryptlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-+	endif()
- 	target_compile_definitions(xpdev PUBLIC WITH_CRYPTLIB)
- 	target_link_libraries(xpdev cl)
-+	get_target_property(_CL_INC cl INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-+	if(_CL_INC)
-+		target_include_directories(xpdev PRIVATE ${_CL_INC})
-+	endif()
- endif()