diff --git a/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/Makefile b/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/Makefile
index e2c1fca13e00..88749ebe144c 100644
--- a/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/Makefile
+++ b/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/Makefile
@@ -1,30 +1,30 @@
 PORTNAME=	gnome-ssh-askpass
-PORTVERSION=	6.7p1
+PORTVERSION=	6.8p1
 CATEGORIES=	security gnome
 MASTER_SITES=	OPENBSD/OpenSSH/portable/
 DISTNAME=	openssh-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	bofh@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Graphical SSH askpass utility for Gnome2
 
 #LICENSE=      BSD2,BSD3,MIT,public domain,BSD-Style,BEER-WARE,"any purpose with notice intact",ISC-Style
 #LICENSE_FILE= ${WRKSRC}/LICENCE
 
 DEPRECATED=	Uses deprecated gtk2 library
 EXPIRATION_DATE=	2024-12-31
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/openssh-${PORTVERSION}
 BUILD_WRKSRC=	${WRKSRC}/contrib
 ALL_TARGET=	gnome-ssh-askpass2
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/gnome-ssh-askpass2
 USES=		gnome pkgconfig
 USE_GNOME=	gtk20
 
 CFLAGS+=	-lpthread
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${BUILD_WRKSRC}/gnome-ssh-askpass2 \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/distinfo b/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/distinfo
index 88d12a2dd015..b14fe9a277bc 100644
--- a/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/distinfo
+++ b/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1710683146
-SHA256 (openssh-6.7p1.tar.gz) = b2f8394eae858dabbdef7dac10b99aec00c95462753e80342e530bbb6f725507
-SIZE (openssh-6.7p1.tar.gz) = 1351367
+TIMESTAMP = 1710840307
+SHA256 (openssh-6.8p1.tar.gz) = 3ff64ce73ee124480b5bf767b9830d7d3c03bbcb6abe716b78f0192c37ce160e
+SIZE (openssh-6.8p1.tar.gz) = 1475953
diff --git a/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/files/patch-contrib_Makefile b/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/files/patch-contrib_Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 98901ed86ca1..000000000000
--- a/security/gnome-ssh-askpass/files/patch-contrib_Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- contrib/Makefile.orig	2012-05-19 05:24:37 UTC
-+++ contrib/Makefile
-@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ gnome-ssh-askpass1: gnome-ssh-askpass1.c
- 		`gnome-config --libs gnome gnomeui`
- 
- gnome-ssh-askpass2: gnome-ssh-askpass2.c
--	$(CC) `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags gtk+-2.0` \
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags gtk+-2.0` \
- 		gnome-ssh-askpass2.c -o gnome-ssh-askpass2 \
- 		`$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs gtk+-2.0 x11`
-