diff --git a/devel/cproto/Makefile b/devel/cproto/Makefile
index 5cab724df113..185024bc1388 100644
--- a/devel/cproto/Makefile
+++ b/devel/cproto/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 PORTNAME=	cproto
-PORTVERSION=	4.7y
+PORTVERSION=	4.8
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	https://invisible-island.net/archives/${PORTNAME}/\
 		https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/${PORTNAME}/
 
 MAINTAINER=	thomas@bsdunix.ch
 COMMENT=	Generate C function prototypes and convert function definitions
 WWW=		https://invisible-island.net/cproto/
 
 LICENSE=	PD
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		tar:tgz
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/cproto share/man/man1/cproto.1.gz
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/cproto/distinfo b/devel/cproto/distinfo
index 72623ec9c8ee..1ef3f889bbea 100644
--- a/devel/cproto/distinfo
+++ b/devel/cproto/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1767974648
-SHA256 (cproto-4.7y.tgz) = 0bd1d8be8ff0a4ca43f947f95750d34f64eda93c9e2ca79100fd60140b7c6331
-SIZE (cproto-4.7y.tgz) = 197318
+TIMESTAMP = 1778672906
+SHA256 (cproto-4.8.tgz) = 0cccb93447682c7fdb4f0bdbfbe05d52a827331e0a19a5215d2c3cb85ad29258
+SIZE (cproto-4.8.tgz) = 198444
diff --git a/devel/cproto/files/patch-system.h b/devel/cproto/files/patch-system.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e2c33d2ce999..000000000000
--- a/devel/cproto/files/patch-system.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- system.h.orig	2011-01-02 19:23:38 UTC
-+++ system.h
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
- /* Default C preprocessor on UNIX systems */
- #ifndef MSDOS
- #ifndef CPP
--#define CPP "/lib/cpp"
-+#define CPP "/usr/bin/cpp"
- #endif
- #endif
-