diff --git a/editors/nano/Makefile b/editors/nano/Makefile
index 0dc1f6b2dd59..136dfaf8eee7 100644
--- a/editors/nano/Makefile
+++ b/editors/nano/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	nano
-PORTVERSION=	5.0
+PORTVERSION=	5.2
 CATEGORIES=	editors
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v${PORTVERSION:R:R}/ GNU
 
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ CONFLICTS=	nano-devel-2*
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--docdir=${DOCSDIR} --enable-utf8
-CONFIGURE_ENV+=	NCURSESW_CFLAGS="-I${NCURSESINC}" \
-		NCURSESW_LIBS="-L${NCURSESLIB} -l${NCURSES_IMPL}"
 
 MAKE_ARGS+=	install_htmlmanDATA=install-htmlmanDATA
 
@@ -34,9 +32,6 @@ INFO=		nano
 
 PORTSCOUT=	limitw:1,even
 
-post-patch:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/^groff.*/false/' ${WRKSRC}/configure
-
 post-install-EXAMPLES-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/doc/sample.nanorc ${STAGEDIR}${EXAMPLESDIR}
diff --git a/editors/nano/distinfo b/editors/nano/distinfo
index 907c31ec9f1c..a8a9d3e8624e 100644
--- a/editors/nano/distinfo
+++ b/editors/nano/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1596453671
-SHA256 (nano-5.0.tar.xz) = 7c0d94be69cd066f20df2868a2da02f7b1d416ce8d47c0850a8bd270897caa36
-SIZE (nano-5.0.tar.xz) = 1526784
+TIMESTAMP = 1598681142
+SHA256 (nano-5.2.tar.xz) = 32c2da43e1ae9a5e43437d8c6e1ec0388af870c7762c479e5bffb5f292bda7e1
+SIZE (nano-5.2.tar.xz) = 1394724