diff --git a/databases/recutils/Makefile b/databases/recutils/Makefile
index 484d36faf366..d64a261639be 100644
--- a/databases/recutils/Makefile
+++ b/databases/recutils/Makefile
@@ -1,64 +1,59 @@
 PORTNAME=	recutils
-PORTVERSION=	1.8
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.9
 CATEGORIES=	databases
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 
 MAINTAINER=	zeus@gnu.org.ua
 COMMENT=	Tools and libraries to access human-editable, plain text databases
 WWW=		https://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3+
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libuuid.so:misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid
 
 USES=		charsetfix cpe libtool makeinfo pkgconfig readline
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 INFO=		rec-mode recutils
 PORTDOCS=	AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	BASH CURL DOCS GCRYPT MDB NLS TEST
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	CURL GCRYPT MDB
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 BASH_DESC=	Build ${PORTNAME} bash(1) builtins
 BASH_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/bash/config.h:shells/bash
 BASH_CONFIGURE_ON=	--with-bash-headers=${LOCALBASE}/include/bash
 BASH_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-bash-builtins
 
 CURL_LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl
 CURL_CONFIGURE_ENV_OFF=	ac_cv_lib_curl_curl_global_init=no
 
 GCRYPT_DESC=	Encryption support via GNU crypt
 GCRYPT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libgcrypt.so:security/libgcrypt \
 			libgpg-error.so:security/libgpg-error
 GCRYPT_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-encryption
 
 MDB_DESC=	MS Access database (.mdb) support
 MDB_BUILD_DEPENDS=	help2man:misc/help2man
 MDB_LIB_DEPENDS=	libmdb.so:databases/mdbtools
 MDB_CONFIGURE_ENV_OFF=	ac_cv_lib_mdb_mdb_get_version=no
 
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 NLS_CONFIGURE_OFF=	--disable-nls
 
 TEST_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/check.h:devel/check
 TEST_TEST_TARGET=	check
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,mdb_init,mdb_get_version,' \
 		${WRKSRC}/configure
 
-post-install:
-	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/etc/*.el \
-		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/emacs/site-lisp
-
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS:S,^,${WRKSRC}/,} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/databases/recutils/distinfo b/databases/recutils/distinfo
index 16a178f4a33a..1a2296dcd80a 100644
--- a/databases/recutils/distinfo
+++ b/databases/recutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1546510437
-SHA256 (recutils-1.8.tar.gz) = df8eae69593fdba53e264cbf4b2307dfb82120c09b6fab23e2dad51a89a5b193
-SIZE (recutils-1.8.tar.gz) = 2474024
+TIMESTAMP = 1683954283
+SHA256 (recutils-1.9.tar.gz) = 6301592b0020c14b456757ef5d434d49f6027b8e5f3a499d13362f205c486e0e
+SIZE (recutils-1.9.tar.gz) = 2759999
diff --git a/databases/recutils/files/patch-utils_mdb2rec.c b/databases/recutils/files/patch-utils_mdb2rec.c
index c1290edb9c1d..b4c2e3aac59e 100644
--- a/databases/recutils/files/patch-utils_mdb2rec.c
+++ b/databases/recutils/files/patch-utils_mdb2rec.c
@@ -1,30 +1,28 @@
---- utils/mdb2rec.c.orig	2019-01-03 08:47:43 UTC
+--- utils/mdb2rec.c.orig	2022-04-16 15:56:37 UTC
 +++ utils/mdb2rec.c
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  #include <gettext.h>
  #define _(str) gettext (str)
  
 -#include <glib.h>
 +#define HAVE_GLIB
  #include <mdbtools.h>
  
  #include <rec.h>
-@@ -472,16 +472,14 @@ process_mdb (void)
+@@ -427,14 +427,12 @@ process_mdb (void)
    if (!db)
      recutl_out_of_memory ();
  
 -  /* Initialize libmdb and open the input file.  */
 -  mdb_init();
 -  mdb_set_date_fmt ("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"); /* ISO 8601 */
 -
    mdb = mdb_open (mdb2rec_mdb_file, MDB_NOFLAGS);
    if (!mdb)
-     {
-       recutl_fatal (_("could not open file %s\n"),
-                     mdb2rec_mdb_file);
-     }
+     recutl_fatal (_("could not open file %s\n"),
+                   mdb2rec_mdb_file);
 +
 +  mdb_set_date_fmt (mdb, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z"); /* ISO 8601 */
  
    /* Read the catalog.  */
    if (!mdb_read_catalog (mdb, MDB_TABLE))
diff --git a/databases/recutils/pkg-plist b/databases/recutils/pkg-plist
index c0be591493a5..6124cb3fcc54 100644
--- a/databases/recutils/pkg-plist
+++ b/databases/recutils/pkg-plist
@@ -1,46 +1,44 @@
 bin/csv2rec
 %%MDB%%bin/mdb2rec
 bin/rec2csv
 bin/recdel
 bin/recfix
 bin/recfmt
 bin/recinf
 bin/recins
 bin/recsel
 bin/recset
 include/rec.h
 lib/librec.a
 lib/librec.so
 lib/librec.so.1
 lib/librec.so.1.0.0
 %%BASH%%lib/readrec.a
 %%BASH%%lib/readrec.so
 %%BASH%%lib/readrec.so.0
 %%BASH%%lib/readrec.so.0.0.0
 %%BASH%%lib/testrec.a
 %%BASH%%lib/testrec.so
 %%BASH%%lib/testrec.so.0
 %%BASH%%lib/testrec.so.0.0.0
 man/man1/csv2rec.1.gz
 %%MDB%%man/man1/mdb2rec.1.gz
 man/man1/rec2csv.1.gz
 man/man1/recdel.1.gz
 man/man1/recfix.1.gz
 man/man1/recfmt.1.gz
 man/man1/recinf.1.gz
 man/man1/recins.1.gz
 man/man1/recsel.1.gz
 man/man1/recset.1.gz
-share/emacs/site-lisp/ob-rec.el
-share/emacs/site-lisp/rec-mode.el
 %%NLS%%share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 %%NLS%%share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/recutils.mo
 share/recutils/etc/FSD.rec