diff --git a/biology/fastp/Makefile b/biology/fastp/Makefile
index 42720400d7f0..ddd4d84876b1 100644
--- a/biology/fastp/Makefile
+++ b/biology/fastp/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,27 @@
 PORTNAME=		fastp
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=		0.23.3
+DISTVERSION=		0.23.4
 CATEGORIES=		biology
 
 MAINTAINER=	jwb@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Ultra-fast all-in-one FASTQ preprocessor
 WWW=		https://github.com/OpenGene/fastp
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libdeflate.so:archivers/libdeflate \
 		libisal.so:devel/isa-l
 
 USES=		gmake localbase:ldflags
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
-# FIXME: Neglected to document what gcc is needed.
-# Investigate and remove if possible.
-USE_GCC=	yes
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	OpenGene
 
 ALL_TARGET=	fastp
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/fastp
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/fastp
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/biology/fastp/distinfo b/biology/fastp/distinfo
index bbad3e93cd45..1c215d4d8906 100644
--- a/biology/fastp/distinfo
+++ b/biology/fastp/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1684079755
-SHA256 (OpenGene-fastp-v0.23.3_GH0.tar.gz) = a37ee4b5dcf836a5a19baec645657b71d9dcd69ee843998f41f921e9b67350e3
-SIZE (OpenGene-fastp-v0.23.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 164057
+TIMESTAMP = 1685547158
+SHA256 (OpenGene-fastp-v0.23.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 4fad6db156e769d46071add8a778a13a5cb5186bc1e1a5f9b1ffd499d84d72b5
+SIZE (OpenGene-fastp-v0.23.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 164071