diff --git a/misc/py-powerline-status/Makefile b/misc/py-powerline-status/Makefile
index 603e5dceb03a..266999ea556a 100644
--- a/misc/py-powerline-status/Makefile
+++ b/misc/py-powerline-status/Makefile
@@ -1,54 +1,50 @@
 PORTNAME=	powerline-status
-PORTVERSION=	2.8.3
-PORTREVISION=	2
+DISTVERSION=	2.8.4
 CATEGORIES=	misc python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Statusline plugin for vim, zsh, bash, and more
 WWW=		https://github.com/powerline/powerline
 
-PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/commit/
-PATCHFILES=	50d73bfbc8903d526e9de2bf98521e00206c018a.patch:-p1
-
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/docs/source/license-and-credits.rst
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}psutil>=3.2.0:sysutils/py-psutil@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python shebangfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	powerline
 GH_PROJECT=	powerline
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	powerline/bindings/awesome/powerline-awesome.py \
 		powerline/bindings/bar/powerline-bar.py \
 		powerline/bindings/i3/powerline-i3.py \
 		powerline/bindings/lemonbar/powerline-lemonbar.py
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 DOCS_BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx>=0,1:textproc/py-sphinx@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 			${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}sphinx_rtd_theme>=0:textproc/py-sphinx_rtd_theme@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 SPHINX_BUILD_CMD=	sphinx-build-${PYTHON_VER}
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/%%SPHINXBUILD%%/${SPHINX_BUILD_CMD}/g' ${WRKSRC}/docs/Makefile
 
 do-build-DOCS-on:
 	@make -C ${WRKSRC}/docs man html
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 .for file in powerline.1 powerline-daemon.1 powerline-lint.1 powerline-config.1
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/docs/_build/man/${file} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 .endfor
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/docs/_build/html && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR} '! -name .buildinfo'
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/powerline
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/py-powerline-status/distinfo b/misc/py-powerline-status/distinfo
index a46577e85492..3d63285fdc97 100644
--- a/misc/py-powerline-status/distinfo
+++ b/misc/py-powerline-status/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1681560293
-SHA256 (powerline-powerline-2.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 45d838dbac94a1363942899708b6ce7c71c1cad9e1b9d048affab4f630c4cb98
-SIZE (powerline-powerline-2.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 368623
+TIMESTAMP = 1725002694
+SHA256 (powerline-powerline-2.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 9e846af9379b57e410efe264cff3a6b98eb78dd9526e83016776ae5ffc5798f4
+SIZE (powerline-powerline-2.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 369057
 SHA256 (50d73bfbc8903d526e9de2bf98521e00206c018a.patch) = da2e7a30e56d847a2178b544ea70587cc7993bd49e26d3ec75506c246b0802d0
 SIZE (50d73bfbc8903d526e9de2bf98521e00206c018a.patch) = 3506