diff --git a/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile b/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile
index 123ddcd8a1a7..67ebd813f402 100644
--- a/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile
+++ b/x11/libxkbcommon/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,42 @@
 PORTNAME=	libxkbcommon
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.0
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 MASTER_SITES=	https://xkbcommon.org/download/
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Keymap handling library for toolkits and window systems
 WWW=		https://xkbcommon.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 RUN_DEPENDS=	xkeyboard-config>0:x11/xkeyboard-config
 
 USES=		bison compiler:c11 cpe gnome meson pkgconfig python:test \
 		shebangfix tar:xz
 USE_GNOME=	libxml2
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 MESON_ARGS=	-Denable-docs=false \
 		-Dx-locale-root="${PREFIX}/lib/X11/locale" \
 		${MESON_ARGS_${OPSYS}_${OSREL:R}}
 CPE_VENDOR=	xkbcommon
 SHEBANG_FILES=	test/xkeyboard-config-test.py.in \
 		test/*.py
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EVDEV WAYLAND X11
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=EVDEV WAYLAND X11
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 EVDEV_DESC=		Interactive debugger for XKB keymaps for evdev
 EVDEV_BUILD_DEPENDS=	evdev-proto>0:devel/evdev-proto
 EVDEV_USES=		localbase
 
 WAYLAND_BUILD_DEPENDS=	wayland-protocols>=1.12:graphics/wayland-protocols
 WAYLAND_LIB_DEPENDS=	libwayland-client.so:graphics/wayland
 WAYLAND_MESON_TRUE=	enable-wayland
 
 X11_USES=	xorg
 X11_USE=	XORG=xcb
 X11_MESON_TRUE=	enable-x11
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/libxkbcommon/distinfo b/x11/libxkbcommon/distinfo
index 6bb837d1f481..bbcf2f77ad66 100644
--- a/x11/libxkbcommon/distinfo
+++ b/x11/libxkbcommon/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1696798008
-SHA256 (libxkbcommon-1.6.0.tar.xz) = 0edc14eccdd391514458bc5f5a4b99863ed2d651e4dd761a90abf4f46ef99c2b
-SIZE (libxkbcommon-1.6.0.tar.xz) = 510456
+TIMESTAMP = 1714057479
+SHA256 (libxkbcommon-1.7.0.tar.xz) = 65782f0a10a4b455af9c6baab7040e2f537520caa2ec2092805cdfd36863b247
+SIZE (libxkbcommon-1.7.0.tar.xz) = 534312
diff --git a/x11/libxkbcommon/files/patch-meson.build b/x11/libxkbcommon/files/patch-meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 67323a645fb6..000000000000
--- a/x11/libxkbcommon/files/patch-meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- meson.build.orig	2023-10-08 20:46:48 UTC
-+++ meson.build
-@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ have_version_script = cc.links(
- # Supports -Wl,--version-script?
- have_version_script = cc.links(
-     'int main(){}',
--    args: '-Wl,--version-script=' + meson.current_source_dir()/'xkbcommon.map',
-+    args: '-Wl,--undefined-version,--version-script=' + meson.current_source_dir()/'xkbcommon.map',
-     name: '-Wl,--version-script',
- )
-