diff --git a/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile b/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile
index f04c008f2b90..336c34b10576 100644
--- a/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile
+++ b/devel/pcsc-lite/Makefile
@@ -1,59 +1,58 @@
 PORTNAME=	pcsc-lite
-DISTVERSION=	2.3.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	2.4.0
 PORTEPOCH=	2
 CATEGORIES=	devel security
 MASTER_SITES=	https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/files/
 
 MAINTAINER=	arrowd@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Middleware library to access a smart card using SCard API (PC/SC)
 WWW=		https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE GPLv3+
 LICENSE_COMB=	multi
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		meson perl5 pkgconfig python:env shebangfix tar:xz
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 USE_RC_SUBR=	pcscd
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	src/spy/pcsc-spy
 
 .include "Makefile.common"
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dlibsystemd=false \
 		-Dlibudev=false \
 		-Dlibusb=true \
 		-Dusb=true \
 		-Dusbdropdir=${USBDROPDIR}/ \
 		-Dipcdir=/var/run
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES POLKIT
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	POLKIT
 OPTIONS_GROUP=		FEATURES
 OPTIONS_GROUP_FEATURES=	FILTER
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 FEATURES_DESC=	Default features knobs
 FILTER_DESC=	Control (Ignore or Extend) reported reader names
 POLKIT_DESC=	Polkit authorization support
 
 FILTER_MESON_TRUE=	filter_names
 
 POLKIT_LIB_DEPENDS=	libpolkit-gobject-1.so:sysutils/polkit
 POLKIT_MESON_TRUE=	polkit
 
 post-install:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/pcsc/drivers
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/pcsc/services
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/default/pcscd ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/default/pcscd.sample
 
 post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/example/Makefile.am ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/example/pcsc_demo.c ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/pcsc-lite/distinfo b/devel/pcsc-lite/distinfo
index 1ed50b515751..5f43cabad2a0 100644
--- a/devel/pcsc-lite/distinfo
+++ b/devel/pcsc-lite/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1743654189
-SHA256 (pcsc-lite-2.3.3.tar.xz) = cdff7d7153a0b37aa74e26dfec89ec7dc5c5286aa21b91b903e38739d227e8e7
-SIZE (pcsc-lite-2.3.3.tar.xz) = 210592
+TIMESTAMP = 1768314075
+SHA256 (pcsc-lite-2.4.0.tar.xz) = 22307017a99e123dbecb991136783beca07966f1376d74d9ad0004ba5f81c4f1
+SIZE (pcsc-lite-2.4.0.tar.xz) = 211940
diff --git a/devel/pcsc-lite/files/patch-meson.build b/devel/pcsc-lite/files/patch-meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index c2014e0c2f22..000000000000
--- a/devel/pcsc-lite/files/patch-meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- meson.build.orig	2025-04-02 15:46:05 UTC
-+++ meson.build
-@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ pkg.generate(
- # pkg-config libpcsclite.pc
- pkg = import('pkgconfig')
- pkg.generate(
-+  extra_cflags : '-pthread',
-   libraries : '-L${libdir} -lpcsclite',
-   libraries_private : '-pthread',
-   subdirs : 'PCSC',
diff --git a/devel/pcsc-lite/pkg-plist b/devel/pcsc-lite/pkg-plist
index b80dc0d27b76..d776e9c711a2 100644
--- a/devel/pcsc-lite/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/pcsc-lite/pkg-plist
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 bin/pcsc-spy
 @sample etc/default/pcscd.sample
 include/PCSC/debuglog.h
 include/PCSC/ifdhandler.h
 include/PCSC/pcsclite.h
 include/PCSC/reader.h
 include/PCSC/winscard.h
 include/PCSC/wintypes.h
-lib/libpcsclite.a
 lib/libpcsclite.so
 lib/libpcsclite.so.1
 lib/libpcsclite_real.so
 lib/libpcsclite_real.so.1
 lib/libpcscspy.so
 lib/libpcscspy.so.0
 libdata/pkgconfig/libpcsclite.pc
 sbin/pcscd
 %%PORTDOCS%%%%DOCSDIR%%/setup_spy.sh
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/Makefile.am
 %%PORTEXAMPLES%%%%EXAMPLESDIR%%/pcsc_demo.c
 share/man/man1/pcsc-spy.1.gz
 share/man/man5/reader.conf.5.gz
 share/man/man8/pcscd.8.gz
 share/metainfo/fr.apdu.pcsclite.metainfo.xml
 %%POLKIT%%share/polkit-1/actions/org.debian.pcsc-lite.policy
 @dir lib/pcsc/services
 @dir lib/pcsc/drivers