Index: net/wifi-firmware-kmod/Makefile.inc
===================================================================
--- net/wifi-firmware-kmod/Makefile.inc
+++ net/wifi-firmware-kmod/Makefile.inc
@@ -84,23 +84,28 @@
 USES=		uidfix
 # We do not need that anymore for the modern build but making it conditional on
 # OSVERSION seems to not add the _USES_install bits from kmod.mk.
+# Also this is the only way to triger updates in case of __FreeBSD_version bumps
+# which we may need to adhere to.
 USES+=		kmod
 
 BOOT_LOADERCONFD=	/boot/loader.conf.d
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
-.if (${OSVERSION} >= 1500014) || (${OSVERSION} < 1500000 && ${OSVERSION} >= 1402000)
 # src.git main 479905a1ed26c54ef29cdff65cf25f7feade654b (stable/14 2ca7b03d6275)
-# allows direct loading of firmware files.  For anything before that we still need
-# to create kernel modules.  We need to write a PLIST file so we can then simply use
-# COPYTREE_SHARE with adjusted permissions to copy the files over.
+# allows direct loading of firmware files.
+# We write a PLIST file so we can then simply use COPYTREE_SHARE with adjusted
+# permissions to copy the files over.
+.if (${OSVERSION} < 1402000) || (${OSVERSION} >= 1500000 && ${OSVERSION} < 1500014)
+# For 13.5, which is the last supported release before plain firmware loading is
+# implemented, we did ship firmware in src/ still so there is no need to build.
+# XXX remove comment after April 2026 when 13.5 goes out of support as well.
+IGNORE=		Not supported for this osversion.
+.endif
+
 BOOTFWDIR?=	/boot/firmware
 _SHAREMODE=	0444
 NO_BUILD=	yes
-.else
-MAKE_ENV+=	FWSRCDIR=${WRKSRC}/fw
-.endif
 
 post-extract:
 	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/fw
@@ -126,7 +131,6 @@
 	@${ECHO_CMD} "${BOOT_LOADERCONFD}/iwlwifi-${FLAVOR}.conf" >> ${PLIST}
 .endif
 ################################################################################
-.if (${OSVERSION} >= 1500014) || (${OSVERSION} < 1500000 && ${OSVERSION} >= 1402000)
 .for _f in ${DISTFILES_${FLAVOR}:O:u}
 	# Create firmware source directory and copy in distfile.
 	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/fw/${_f:H}
@@ -137,44 +141,14 @@
 	    ${AWK} -vB="${BOOTFWDIR}/" '{ sub("^./", "@dir "B); print; }') >> ${PLIST}.tmp
 	# Remove possibly duplicate @dir entries
 	@${SORT} -u ${PLIST}.tmp >> ${PLIST}
-.else
-################################################################################
-# Build kernel modules.
-	# Prepare toplevel Makefile and Makefile.inc.
-	@${ECHO_CMD} "SUBDIR=" > ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
-	@${SED} -e "s@%%FWDRV%%@${FWDRV}@g" \
-	    -e "s@%%FWSUBDIR%%@${FWSUBDIR}@g" \
-	    ${FILESDIR}/Makefile.inc.in > ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.inc
-.for _f in ${DISTFILES_${FLAVOR}:O:u}
-	# We remove '.' and '-' as well as '/' as they don't work well in loader.conf.
-	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}
-	# Create subdir (firmware file) Makefile.
-	@${ECHO_CMD} "FWNAME=${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:T}" > ${WRKSRC}/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}/Makefile
-.if (${_f:H:C,^[^/]*,,1:C,^/,,} != "")
-	@${ECHO_CMD} "FWSUBSUBDIR=${_f:H:C,^[^/]*,,1:C,^/,,}" >> ${WRKSRC}/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}/Makefile
-.endif
-	# XXX-BZ recover firmware versions later again from somewhere?  Pain to keep track though, else use 0 or ${FWDRV_VERSION}?
-	@${ECHO_CMD} "VERSION=0" >> ${WRKSRC}/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}/Makefile
-	@${ECHO_CMD} '.include <bsd.kmod.mk>' >> ${WRKSRC}/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}/Makefile
-	# Add subdir to top-level Makefile.
-	@${ECHO_CMD} "SUBDIR+=${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}" >> ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
-	# Create firmware source directory and copy in distfile.
-	@${MKDIR} ${WRKSRC}/fw/${_f:H}
-	${CP} ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}/${_f} ${WRKSRC}/fw/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@}
-	@${ECHO_CMD} ${KMODDIR}/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,.,_,g:S,-,_,g:S,/,_,g}.ko >> ${PLIST}
-.endfor
-	@${ECHO_CMD} '.include <bsd.subdir.mk>' >> ${WRKSRC}/Makefile
 ################################################################################
-.endif
 	# Copy in additional licenses files.
 .for _f in ${DISTFILES_${FLAVOR}_lic}
 	${CP} ${DISTDIR}/${DIST_SUBDIR}/${_f} ${WRKSRC}/lic/${_f:C@(^[^?]*)${DISTURL_SUFFIX:Q}@\1@:S,/,_,g}
 .endfor
 
-.if (${OSVERSION} >= 1500014) || (${OSVERSION} < 1500000 && ${OSVERSION} >= 1402000)
 do-install:
 	(cd ${WRKSRC}/fw/ && ${COPYTREE_SHARE} . ${STAGEDIR}/${BOOTFWDIR})
-.endif
 
 post-install:
 .if defined(COMPAT_LINUXKPI_SKB_MEM_LIMIT) && ${COMPAT_LINUXKPI_SKB_MEM_LIMIT} > 0