diff --git a/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile
index 1bd195f792b3..939254bb928e 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-strings/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 # Created by: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
 
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-strings
-PORTVERSION=	1.2.0
-PORTREVISION=	15
+PORTVERSION=	1.3.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Octave-forge package ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME}
 
 # OCTSRC is the name of the directory of the package.
 # It is usually ${OCTAVE_PKGNAME} or ${DISTNAME}.
 OCTSRC=		${DISTNAME}
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTSRC}/src
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../../Mk/bsd.octave.mk"
 
-ALL_TARGET=	# Intentionally left empty
-
 post-build:
 	${RM} ${WRKSRC}/Makefile ${WRKSRC}/configure
 	cd ${WRKDIR} && ${TAR} cfz ${DISTNAME}.tar.gz ${OCTSRC}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-strings/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-strings/distinfo
index e563a0bf2b30..5af63f47a32a 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-strings/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-strings/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (octave-forge/strings-1.2.0.tar.gz) = cfe2702d9e1b69e1fc6bee9a8fab8bb3d63a42d74e763538687d0dbcdd5619ac
-SIZE (octave-forge/strings-1.2.0.tar.gz) = 8816
+TIMESTAMP = 1656828851
+SHA256 (octave-forge/strings-1.3.0.tar.gz) = 6a0a530fd14dd6a769f8161d5b97fe199574cea64c37378e77299da36ee64ce2
+SIZE (octave-forge/strings-1.3.0.tar.gz) = 49918
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-strings/files/patch-pcregexp.cc b/math/octave-forge-strings/files/patch-pcregexp.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b4bc50f28dba..000000000000
--- a/math/octave-forge-strings/files/patch-pcregexp.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- pcregexp.cc.orig	2021-02-21 23:21:29 UTC
-+++ pcregexp.cc
-@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Check your system's @code{pcre} man page.\n\
-     std::string pattern = args(0).string_value();
-     std::string input = args(1).string_value();
-     if (error_state) {
--        gripe_wrong_type_arg("pcregexp", args(0));
-+        err_wrong_type_arg("pcregexp", args(0));
-         return retval;
-     }
-