diff --git a/x11/cde/Makefile b/x11/cde/Makefile
index 703f1c2d56f2..9d0bdc057a01 100644
--- a/x11/cde/Makefile
+++ b/x11/cde/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 VERSIONS=		24 25
-# The reason we will keep our main CDE metaport at 2.4.3 is to
-# avoid a POLA violation due to font differences.
-CDE_VERSION?=		24
+CDE_VERSION?=		25
 
 MASTERDIR=		${.CURDIR}/../cde-${CDE_VERSION}
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"