diff -Naur py-matrix-synapse.orig/distinfo py-matrix-synapse/distinfo
--- py-matrix-synapse.orig/distinfo	2018-12-04 16:56:57.000000000 +0100
+++ py-matrix-synapse/distinfo	2018-12-21 12:48:54.307189000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1542851909
-SHA256 (matrix-org-synapse-v0.33.9_GH0.tar.gz) = a0870c157598a494774fd9b6faf7041f9c3d62ec10d88986232c5d404de93aa4
-SIZE (matrix-org-synapse-v0.33.9_GH0.tar.gz) = 1087324
+TIMESTAMP = 1545392934
+SHA256 (matrix-org-synapse-v0.34.0_GH0.tar.gz) = e0e380a60668738dacb9ce944d45af19367dc3f7e502a6e649898e9b6d81b8dc
+SIZE (matrix-org-synapse-v0.34.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 1124109
diff -Naur py-matrix-synapse.orig/files/homeserver.yaml.in py-matrix-synapse/files/homeserver.yaml.in
--- py-matrix-synapse.orig/files/homeserver.yaml.in	2018-12-04 16:56:57.000000000 +0100
+++ py-matrix-synapse/files/homeserver.yaml.in	2018-12-21 13:45:26.040500000 +0100
@@ -78,13 +78,9 @@
 #
 # cpu_affinity: 0xFFFFFFFF
 
-# Whether to serve a web client from the HTTP/HTTPS root resource.
-web_client: True
-
-# The root directory to server for the above web client.
-# If left undefined, synapse will serve the matrix-angular-sdk web client.
-# Make sure matrix-angular-sdk is installed with pip if web_client is True
-# and web_client_location is undefined
+# The path to the web client which will be served at /_matrix/client/
+# if 'webclient' is configured under the 'listeners' configuration.
+#
 # web_client_location: "/path/to/web/root"
 
 # The public-facing base URL for the client API (not including _matrix/...)
@@ -152,7 +148,7 @@
         # List of resources to host on this listener.
         names:
           - client     # The client-server APIs, both v1 and v2
-          - webclient  # The bundled webclient.
+          # - webclient  # The bundled webclient. (no longer available)
 
         # Should synapse compress HTTP responses to clients that support it?
         # This should be disabled if running synapse behind a load balancer
@@ -179,7 +175,8 @@
     x_forwarded: false
 
     resources:
-      - names: [client, webclient]
+      - names: [client] # change to "client, webclient" to activate web client
+                        # also set web_client_location to a correct location
         compress: true
       - names: [federation]
         compress: false
diff -Naur py-matrix-synapse.orig/Makefile py-matrix-synapse/Makefile
--- py-matrix-synapse.orig/Makefile	2018-12-04 16:56:57.000000000 +0100
+++ py-matrix-synapse/Makefile	2018-12-21 12:48:47.321947000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	matrix-synapse
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	0.33.9
+DISTVERSION=	0.34.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-im python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -41,9 +41,6 @@
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}attrs>16.0.0:devel/py-attrs@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}netaddr>=0.7.18:net/py-netaddr@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-# Conditional requirements that aren't so conditional
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matrix-angular-sdk>=0.6.8:devel/py-matrix-angular-sdk@${PY_FLAVOR}
-
 # Dependencies that aren't declared in python_dependencies.py which I have discovered
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}simplejson>=3.10.0:devel/py-simplejson@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${LOCALBASE}/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt:security/ca_root_nss