diff --git a/dns/libidn/Makefile b/dns/libidn/Makefile
index abc76dbfc1e2..9fad1f7d6b1c 100644
--- a/dns/libidn/Makefile
+++ b/dns/libidn/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Kirill Ponomarew <ponomarew@oberon.net>
 
 PORTNAME=	libidn
-DISTVERSION=	1.35
+DISTVERSION=	1.38
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU
 
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ LICENSE_COMB=	dual
 LICENSE_FILE_GPLv2+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYINGv2
 LICENSE_FILE_LGPL3+ =	${WRKSRC}/COPYING.LESSERv3
 
-USES=		gmake iconv libtool localbase makeinfo pathfix perl5 pkgconfig
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
+
+USES=		gmake iconv libtool localbase makeinfo pathfix perl5 pkgconfig
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_PERL5=	build
 
@@ -25,12 +26,8 @@ OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS NLS
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
-NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 NLS_USES=		gettext
-
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^Libs.private:/s/$$/ @LTLIBINTL@/' \
-		${WRKSRC}/libidn.pc.in
+NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
diff --git a/dns/libidn/distinfo b/dns/libidn/distinfo
index a5be6d676646..ccc0e9c31e0f 100644
--- a/dns/libidn/distinfo
+++ b/dns/libidn/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1554134359
-SHA256 (libidn-1.35.tar.gz) = f11af1005b46b7b15d057d7f107315a1ad46935c7fcdf243c16e46ec14f0fe1e
-SIZE (libidn-1.35.tar.gz) = 4169217
+TIMESTAMP = 1628506982
+SHA256 (libidn-1.38.tar.gz) = de00b840f757cd3bb14dd9a20d5936473235ddcba06d4bc2da804654b8bbf0f6
+SIZE (libidn-1.38.tar.gz) = 2681263
diff --git a/dns/libidn/files/patch-po_LINGUAS b/dns/libidn/files/patch-po_LINGUAS
deleted file mode 100644
index 8bb6033ab864..000000000000
--- a/dns/libidn/files/patch-po_LINGUAS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- po/LINGUAS.orig
-+++ po/LINGUAS
-@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
--en@boldquot
--en@quot
- cs
- da
- de
diff --git a/dns/libidn/pkg-plist b/dns/libidn/pkg-plist
index 14e5bfa9f141..5b966aeb2e7c 100644
--- a/dns/libidn/pkg-plist
+++ b/dns/libidn/pkg-plist
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ share/info/libidn-components.png
 lib/libidn.a
 lib/libidn.so
 lib/libidn.so.12
-lib/libidn.so.12.6.0
+lib/libidn.so.12.6.3
 libdata/pkgconfig/libidn.pc
 man/man1/idn.1.gz
 man/man3/idn_free.3.gz