diff --git a/emulators/x16-emulator/Makefile b/emulators/x16-emulator/Makefile
index ab1531bd1872..1aabd071eb75 100644
--- a/emulators/x16-emulator/Makefile
+++ b/emulators/x16-emulator/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	x16-emulator
-DISTVERSION=	r43
+DISTVERSION=	r44
 CATEGORIES=	emulators
 
 MAINTAINER=	makc@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Emulator for the Commander X16 8-bit computer
 WWW=		https://github.com/X16Community
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${DATADIR}/rom.bin:emulators/x16-rom
 
-USES=		compiler:c++11-lang gmake sdl
+USES=		compiler:c++17-lang gmake sdl
 
 USE_SDL=	sdl2
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	X16Community
 
 DESKTOP_ENTRIES=	"Commander X16" \
 			"" \
 			"" \
 			"x16emu" \
 			"" \
 			true
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/x16emu
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 post-patch:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s,%%PREFIX%%,${PREFIX}," ${WRKSRC}/src/main.c
 .if ${OPSYS} == FreeBSD && ( ${OSVERSION} >= 1400079 || ( ${OSVERSION} >= 1302505 && ${OSVERSION} < 1400000 ))
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|^CFLAGS=|CFLAGS=-Wno-error=deprecated-non-prototype |g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 .endif
 
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/x16emu ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/emulators/x16-emulator/distinfo b/emulators/x16-emulator/distinfo
index 46a60b2fdb2a..27c6522e23ee 100644
--- a/emulators/x16-emulator/distinfo
+++ b/emulators/x16-emulator/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1689077308
-SHA256 (X16Community-x16-emulator-r43_GH0.tar.gz) = dde03f22d89bb2979b827219f4f66cd506d5195f75be0f0f1c82e91ae019378c
-SIZE (X16Community-x16-emulator-r43_GH0.tar.gz) = 222496
+TIMESTAMP = 1692124488
+SHA256 (X16Community-x16-emulator-r44_GH0.tar.gz) = e086f53317df1120abaa20a29587242e31cc6dfb0fa2845972857213b803f375
+SIZE (X16Community-x16-emulator-r44_GH0.tar.gz) = 296792
diff --git a/emulators/x16-emulator/files/patch-src_files.c b/emulators/x16-emulator/files/patch-src_files.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6360212dc55d..000000000000
--- a/emulators/x16-emulator/files/patch-src_files.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/files.c.orig	2023-05-17 05:45:51 UTC
-+++ src/files.c
-@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
- #include <limits.h>
- #include <string.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
-+#include <unistd.h>
- #include <SDL.h>
- #include <zlib.h>
- #include <inttypes.h>