diff --git a/dns/libidn/Makefile b/dns/libidn/Makefile
index aa20152c5514..85abfb26ed43 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
 
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 NLS_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	nls
 NLS_USES=		gettext
 
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^Libs.private:/s/$$/ @LTLIBINTL@/' \
-		${WRKSRC}/libidn.pc.in
-
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 .for i in FAQ NEWS README
diff --git a/dns/libidn/distinfo b/dns/libidn/distinfo
index a5be6d676646..cfbea00fe875 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 = 1632299176
+SHA256 (libidn-1.38.tar.gz) = de00b840f757cd3bb14dd9a20d5936473235ddcba06d4bc2da804654b8bbf0f6
+SIZE (libidn-1.38.tar.gz) = 2681263
diff --git a/dns/libidn/files/patch-doc__libidn.texi b/dns/libidn/files/patch-doc__libidn.texi
deleted file mode 100644
index 1429f7c14011..000000000000
--- a/dns/libidn/files/patch-doc__libidn.texi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- doc/libidn.texi.orig	Thu Jan 22 20:48:25 2004
-+++ doc/libidn.texi	Thu Jan 22 20:48:45 2004
-@@ -1271,8 +1271,7 @@
- Accessing a specific StringPrep profile directly:
- 
- @example
--jas@@latte:~$ idn --quiet --profile=SASLprep --stringprep te@ss{}t@ordf{}
--te@ss{}ta
-+jas@@latte:~$ idn --quiet --profile=SASLprep --stringprep
- jas@@latte:~$
- @end example
- 
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