--- b/ftp/curl/Makefile	
+++ b/ftp/curl/Makefile	
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 
 # Created by: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za>
 
 PORTNAME=	curl
-PORTVERSION=	7.77.0
+PORTVERSION=	7.78.0
 CATEGORIES=	ftp net www
 MASTER_SITES=	https://curl.se/download/ \
 		https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-${PORTVERSION:S|.|_|g}/
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ CPE_VENDOR=	haxx
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	*/*.pl
 
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	ALTSVC BROTLI CA_BUNDLE COOKIES CURL_DEBUG DEBUG DOCS EXAMPLES IDN IPV6 METALINK NTLM PROXY PSL TLS_SRP ZSTD
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	ALTSVC BROTLI CA_BUNDLE COOKIES CURL_DEBUG DEBUG DOCS EXAMPLES IDN IPV6 NTLM PROXY PSL TLS_SRP ZSTD
 OPTIONS_GROUP=	PROTOCOL
 OPTIONS_RADIO=	SSL
 OPTIONS_SINGLE=	GSSAPI RESOLV
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ LDAP_USE=		OPENLDAP=yes
 LDAPS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	ldaps
 LIBSSH2_CONFIGURE_WITH=	libssh2
 LIBSSH2_LIB_DEPENDS=	libssh2.so:security/libssh2
-METALINK_CONFIGURE_WITH=libmetalink
-METALINK_LIB_DEPENDS=	libmetalink.so:misc/libmetalink
-METALINK_LIBS=		-lcrypto
 NSS_CONFIGURE_WITH=	nss
 NSS_LIB_DEPENDS=	libnss3.so:security/nss \
 			libnspr4.so:devel/nspr
--- b/ftp/curl/distinfo	
+++ b/ftp/curl/distinfo	
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ 
-TIMESTAMP = 1622213928
-SHA256 (curl-7.77.0.tar.xz) = 0f64582c54282f31c0de9f0a1a596b182776bd4df9a4c4a2a41bbeb54f62594b
-SIZE (curl-7.77.0.tar.xz) = 2439336
+TIMESTAMP = 1626863489
+SHA256 (curl-7.78.0.tar.xz) = be42766d5664a739c3974ee3dfbbcbe978a4ccb1fe628bb1d9b59ac79e445fb5
+SIZE (curl-7.78.0.tar.xz) = 2440640
--- b/ftp/curl/files/patch-configure	
+++ b/ftp/curl/files/patch-configure	
@@ -36,23 +36,6 @@ Last-Update: 2010-12-19
        -U*)
          xc_bad_var_cflags=yes
          ;;
-@@ -17193,6 +17195,8 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: compiler opti
-     tmp_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
-     tmp_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
- 
-+# Do not remove the user-supplied debug flags in CFLAGS (PR/150854)
-+if false; then
-     ac_var_stripped=""
-   for word1 in $tmp_CFLAGS; do
-     ac_var_strip_word="no"
-@@ -17223,6 +17227,7 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: compiler opti
-   done
-     tmp_CPPFLAGS="$ac_var_stripped"
-   squeeze tmp_CPPFLAGS
-+fi
- 
-     #
-     if test "$want_debug" = "yes"; then
 @@ -17445,6 +17450,8 @@ $as_echo "$honor_optimize_option" >&6; }
      #
      if test "$honor_optimize_option" = "yes"; then