diff --git a/comms/syncterm/Makefile b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
index 76eb74d69cc7..86a1b37571f8 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/Makefile
+++ b/comms/syncterm/Makefile
@@ -1,53 +1,53 @@
 PORTNAME=	syncterm
-DISTVERSION=	1.6
+DISTVERSION=	1.7
 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=		gmake perl5 tar:tgz
 USE_PERL5=	build
 MAKEFILE=	GNUmakefile
 MAKE_ARGS+=	INSTALL_EXE="${INSTALL_PROGRAM}" \
 		MANPREFIX="${PREFIX}/share" \
 		PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
 		RELEASE=1 \
 		WITHOUT_ALSA_SOUND=yes
 ALL_TARGET=	${PORTNAME}
 
 CFLAGS+=	-I../xpdev
 NO_CCACHE=	yes
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		JXL PORTAUDIO PULSEAUDIO SDL X11
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	JXL X11
 
 JXL_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/libjxl.pc:graphics/libjxl
 JXL_USES=		pkgconfig
 JXL_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITHOUT_JPEG_XL=1
 
 PORTAUDIO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/portaudio.h:audio/portaudio
 PORTAUDIO_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITHOUT_PORTAUDIO=1
 
 PULSEAUDIO_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig/libpulse-simple.pc:audio/pulseaudio
 PULSEAUDIO_USES=		pkgconfig
 PULSEAUDIO_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	NO_PULSEAUDIO=1
 
 SDL_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/sdl2-config:devel/sdl20
 SDL_MAKE_ARGS=		USE_SDL=1 \
 			USE_SDL_AUDIO=1
 SDL_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	WITHOUT_SDL=1
 
 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_MAKE_ARGS_OFF=	NO_X=1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/distinfo b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
index 19485fc78257..037e3be80273 100644
--- a/comms/syncterm/distinfo
+++ b/comms/syncterm/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1739300793
-SHA256 (syncterm-1.6-src.tgz) = 79e3ae43d39f98a592268ff40094094da62aa587b5b925e6b7459d66a5d11d49
-SIZE (syncterm-1.6-src.tgz) = 10986287
+TIMESTAMP = 1760239214
+SHA256 (syncterm-1.7-src.tgz) = bed2a55b17bc2fc2ae65463fe87835c68defe519820657421b99dba18edb90c8
+SIZE (syncterm-1.7-src.tgz) = 11002120
diff --git a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_GNUmakefile b/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_GNUmakefile
deleted file mode 100644
index e0928249d3dd..000000000000
--- a/comms/syncterm/files/patch-src_syncterm_GNUmakefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/syncterm/GNUmakefile.orig	2025-02-11 19:11:48 UTC
-+++ src/syncterm/GNUmakefile
-@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ $(MTOBJODIR)$(DIRSEP)conn$(OFILE): $(CRYPT_LIBS)
- $(MTOBJODIR)$(DIRSEP)ssh$(OFILE): $(CRYPT_LIBS)
- $(MTOBJODIR)$(DIRSEP)syncterm$(OFILE): $(CRYPT_LIBS) $(CIOLIB-MT)
- $(MTOBJODIR)$(DIRSEP)telnets$(OFILE): $(CRYPT_LIBS)
-+$(MTOBJODIR)$(DIRSEP)webget$(OFILE): $(CRYPT_LIBS)
- $(CIOLIB_INTERPOLATE_OBJS): $(CIOLIB-MT_BUILD)
- 
- ifeq ($(os),darwin)