diff --git a/sysutils/fwupd-efi/Makefile b/sysutils/fwupd-efi/Makefile
index df74e60c5f9c..2dcbb12f1e69 100644
--- a/sysutils/fwupd-efi/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/fwupd-efi/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,45 @@
 PORTNAME=	fwupd-efi
 DISTVERSION=	1.8
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 
 MAINTAINER=	decke@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	EFI Application used by uefi-capsule plugin in fwupd
 WWW=		https://fwupd.org/
 
 LICENSE=	LGPL21
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libgnuefi.a:devel/gnu-efi \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pefile>0:devel/py-pefile@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		meson pkgconfig python shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	fwupd
 
 USE_GCC=	yes
 SHEBANG_GLOB=	*.py
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Defi-includedir=${LOCALBASE}/include/efi \
 		-Defi-ldsdir=${LOCALBASE}/lib \
 		-Dgenpeimg=disabled \
 		-Dpython=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == amd64
 FW_ARCH="x64"
 .elif ${ARCH} == i386
 FW_ARCH="ia32"
 .else
 FW_ARCH=${ARCH}
 .endif
 
 PLIST_FILES=	libdata/pkgconfig/fwupd-efi.pc \
 		libexec/fwupd/efi/fwupd${FW_ARCH}.efi
 
+post-patch:
+	# use objcopy from binutils because GNU specific flags are used
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} "s|find_program('objcopy')|find_program('${LOCALBASE}/bin/objcopy')|g" \
+		${WRKSRC}/meson.build
+
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/fwupd-efi/files/patch-meson.build b/sysutils/fwupd-efi/files/patch-meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index a84f42b30ed0..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/fwupd-efi/files/patch-meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- meson.build.orig	2025-10-03 09:14:22 UTC
-+++ meson.build
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cc_ld = find_program(cc.get_linker_id())
- 
- cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
- cc_ld = find_program(cc.get_linker_id())
--objcopy = find_program('objcopy')
-+objcopy = find_program('/usr/local/bin/objcopy')
- objcopy_version = run_command(objcopy, '--version', check: true).stdout().split('\n')[0].split(' ')[-1]
- 
- gnuefi = dependency('gnu-efi', version: '>= 3.0.18')