diff --git a/textproc/libxml2/files/patch-python_libxml.c b/textproc/libxml2/files/patch-python_libxml.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bbc98d75033..000000000000
--- a/textproc/libxml2/files/patch-python_libxml.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
---- python/libxml.c.orig	2023-08-11 20:30:35 UTC
-+++ python/libxml.c
-@@ -1606,12 +1606,19 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED void *ctx,
-     PyObject *message;
-     PyObject *result;
-     char str[1000];
-+    unsigned char *ptr = (unsigned char *)str;
- 
- #ifdef DEBUG_ERROR
-     printf("libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(%p, %s, ...) called\n", ctx, msg);
- #endif
- 
-+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-+    /* Ensure the error string doesn't start at UTF8 continuation. */
-+    while (*ptr && (*ptr & 0xc0) == 0x80)
-+        ptr++;
-+#endif
- 
-+
-     if (libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler == NULL) {
-         va_start(ap, msg);
-         vfprintf(stderr, msg, ap);
-@@ -1625,9 +1632,11 @@ libxml_xmlErrorFuncHandler(ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED void *ctx,
-         list = PyTuple_New(2);
-         PyTuple_SetItem(list, 0, libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
-         Py_XINCREF(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncCtxt);
--        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(str);
-+        message = libxml_charPtrConstWrap(ptr);
-         PyTuple_SetItem(list, 1, message);
-         result = PyObject_CallObject(libxml_xmlPythonErrorFuncHandler, list);
-+        /* Forget any errors caused in the error handler. */
-+        PyErr_Clear();
-         Py_XDECREF(list);
-         Py_XDECREF(result);
-     }
diff --git a/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile b/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
index 84796bac21b3..7633fdebb4a1 100644
--- a/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTREVISION=	2
 CATEGORIES=	textproc gnome python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 COMMENT=	Python interface for XML parser library for GNOME
 
 USES+=		gnome python shebangfix
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_PYTHON=	flavors
 SHEBANG_FILES=	*.py doc/*.py python/*.py python/tests/*.py
 
 # Help CMake determine the correct version of Python if
 # multiple versions are installed
 CMAKE_ARGS=	-DPython_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_CMD}
 
 MASTERDIR=	${.CURDIR}/../libxml2
 
 DESCR=		${.CURDIR}/pkg-descr
 PLIST=		${.CURDIR}/pkg-plist
 
 OPTIONS_EXCLUDE=	${OPTIONS_DEFINE}
 
 # Tell master port we're a slave port
 LIBXML2_SLAVE=	python
 
 do-install:
 		${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 		${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKSRC}/python/drv_libxml2.py ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 		${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/libxml2.py ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 		${INSTALL_LIB} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/libxml2mod.so ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 .include "${MASTERDIR}/Makefile"