diff --git a/devel/readline/Makefile b/devel/readline/Makefile
index 4c57cef1a87f..acefa2591840 100644
--- a/devel/readline/Makefile
+++ b/devel/readline/Makefile
@@ -1,53 +1,52 @@
 # Created by: Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	readline
 PORTVERSION=	8.1.${PATCHLEVEL}
-PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 PATCH_SITES=	GNU/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION:R}-patches
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Library for editing command lines as they are typed
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cpe
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 
 INFO=		history readline rluserman
 PLIST_SUB=	PORTVERSION=${PORTVERSION:R}
 PORTDOCS=	CHANGES INSTALL README
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	gnu
 CPE_VERSION=	${PORTVERSION:R}
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 # https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-8.1-patches/
-#PATCHES=	1
+PATCHES=	1
 .if defined(PATCHES)
 CPE_UPDATE=	${PATCHLEVEL}
 PATCHLEVEL=	${PATCHES:O:[-1]}
 .for patch in ${PATCHES}
 PATCHFILES+=	${PORTNAME}${PORTVERSION:R:S|.||}-${patch:S|^|00|:S|.*(...)$|\1|}
 .endfor
 .else
 PATCHLEVEL=	0
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|' ${WRKSRC}/rlconf.h ${WRKSRC}/doc/readline.3 ${WRKSRC}/doc/readline.info ${WRKSRC}/doc/rluserman.info
 .if exists(/usr/lib/libtermcapw.so)
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|-ltermcap|-ltermcapw|g' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 .endif
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libhistory.so ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libreadline.so
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/readline/distinfo b/devel/readline/distinfo
index b12e9e17ab59..5c0c77d216bf 100644
--- a/devel/readline/distinfo
+++ b/devel/readline/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1607881357
+TIMESTAMP = 1620928563
 SHA256 (readline-8.1.tar.gz) = f8ceb4ee131e3232226a17f51b164afc46cd0b9e6cef344be87c65962cb82b02
 SIZE (readline-8.1.tar.gz) = 2993288
+SHA256 (readline81-001) = 682a465a68633650565c43d59f0b8cdf149c13a874682d3c20cb4af6709b9144
+SIZE (readline81-001) = 2454