diff --git a/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile b/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
index bc4e5a370603..19d22eb82077 100644
--- a/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
+++ b/archivers/libdeflate/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	libdeflate
-PORTVERSION=	1.15
+PORTVERSION=	1.16
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	archivers
 
-PATCH_SITES=	https://github.com/${GH_ACCOUNT}/${GH_PROJECT}/commit/
-PATCHFILES=	98174ac5e6fe2a806923bcb6bfa24cdbf32c79d0.patch:-p1
-
 MAINTAINER=	danfe@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast, whole-buffer DEFLATE-based compression library
 WWW=		https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		cmake:testing pathfix
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	ebiggers
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CMAKE_ON=	LIBDEFLATE_USE_SHARED_LIB
 CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	LIBDEFLATE_BUILD_TESTS
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/-O2 -DNDEBUG/d' ${WRKSRC}/CMakeLists.txt
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/*.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo b/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
index 9a544dd48b48..70757e3f887c 100644
--- a/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
+++ b/archivers/libdeflate/distinfo
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1670215210
-SHA256 (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 58b95040df7383dc0413defb700d9893c194732474283cc4c8f144b00a68154b
-SIZE (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.15_GH0.tar.gz) = 180818
-SHA256 (98174ac5e6fe2a806923bcb6bfa24cdbf32c79d0.patch) = 3b80183158aee9c01274258548a938bfa2bf4377ccfb0d6f3277424126068a37
-SIZE (98174ac5e6fe2a806923bcb6bfa24cdbf32c79d0.patch) = 1502
+TIMESTAMP = 1673595256
+SHA256 (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.16_GH0.tar.gz) = e301128ae6c3e257a69848bae89b5b68bb7f6e65d165a93ef6dd107079e67edd
+SIZE (ebiggers-libdeflate-v1.16_GH0.tar.gz) = 183793