diff --git devel/libtar/Makefile devel/libtar/Makefile
index f836b4ae4f65..d4ec20bd9c19 100644
--- devel/libtar/Makefile
+++ devel/libtar/Makefile
@@ -2,23 +2,20 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	libtar
-PORTVERSION=	1.2.11
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.2.20
+DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 CATEGORIES=	devel
-MASTER_SITES=	http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/libtar/libtar-1.2.11.tar.gz/604238e8734ce6e25347a58c4f1a1d7e/
+MASTER_SITES=	https://src.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/libtar/libtar-v${PORTVERSION}.tar.gz/sha512/96c35d9f52cb0226a0431517090d191b138d905d646add2100b96db01b78de6d35f4d9d44db25d497781f9a5ab5b3b8fdc703ff9db92304938ec10d535c830e8/
 
 MAINTAINER=	manuelj.munoz@gmail.com
 COMMENT=	Library for manipulating POSIX and GNU tar files
 
-USES=		cpe gmake
+USES=		autoreconf cpe gmake libtool
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-shared
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 CPE_VENDOR=	feep
 
 CPPFLAGS+=	-fPIC
 
-post-install:
-	${INSTALL_LIB} ${WRKSRC}/lib/libtar.so.0 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib
-	${LN} -sf libtar.so.0 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/libtar.so
-
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git devel/libtar/distinfo devel/libtar/distinfo
index 01f6c5f51622..4ab53fe0efc4 100644
--- devel/libtar/distinfo
+++ devel/libtar/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (libtar-1.2.11.tar.gz) = 4a2eefb6b7088f41de57356e5059cbf1f917509b4a810f7c614625a378e87bb8
-SIZE (libtar-1.2.11.tar.gz) = 145354
+TIMESTAMP = 1615405117
+SHA256 (libtar-v1.2.20.tar.gz) = 8f207e8323a1ad470787f94e76e9fefbe8939989e334b6b0e900a03615dabf20
+SIZE (libtar-v1.2.20.tar.gz) = 63550
diff --git devel/libtar/files/patch-lib_Makefile.in devel/libtar/files/patch-lib_Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f155dcde43b..000000000000
--- devel/libtar/files/patch-lib_Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- lib/Makefile.in.orig	Wed Jul 13 00:04:25 2005
-+++ lib/Makefile.in	Wed Jul 13 00:08:12 2005
-@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@
- 		  ${srcdir}/libtar.h \
- 		  ${srcdir}/internal.h \
- 		  ../listhash/libtar_listhash.h
--LIBTAR_LIBS	= ./libtar.a
--ALL		= libtar.a
-+LIBTAR_LIBS	= ./libtar.a 
-+SHARED_LIB	= libtar.so
-+SHARED_LIB_VER	= $(SHARED_LIB).0
-+ALL		= libtar.a $(SHARED_LIB_VER)
- 
- DISTCLEANFILES	= ../listhash/libtar_listhash.h \
- 		  ../listhash/libtar_list.c \
-@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@
- libtar.a: ${LIBTAR_OBJS} ${LIBOBJS}
- 	${AR} rc libtar.a ${LIBTAR_OBJS} ${LIBOBJS}
- 	${RANLIB} libtar.a
-+
-+${SHARED_LIB_VER}: libtar.a ${LIBTAR_OBJS} ${LIBOBJS}
-+	 ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -shared -Wl,-soname,${SHARED_LIB_VER} -o ${SHARED_LIB_VER} ${LIBTAR_OBJS} ${LIBOBJS} ${LDFLAGS}
- 
- ${LIBTAR_OBJS}: ${LIBTAR_HDRS}
- 
diff --git devel/libtar/pkg-plist devel/libtar/pkg-plist
index b64512ce2b92..bf7adfff2cb2 100644
--- devel/libtar/pkg-plist
+++ devel/libtar/pkg-plist
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include/libtar_listhash.h
 lib/libtar.a
 lib/libtar.so
 lib/libtar.so.0
+lib/libtar.so.0.0.0
 man/man3/TH_ISBLK.3.gz
 man/man3/TH_ISCHR.3.gz
 man/man3/TH_ISDIR.3.gz