diff --git a/x11/xkeyboard-config/Makefile b/x11/xkeyboard-config/Makefile
index 0f75124106e4..37c36894f0fc 100644
--- a/x11/xkeyboard-config/Makefile
+++ b/x11/xkeyboard-config/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,43 @@
 PORTNAME=	xkeyboard-config
-DISTVERSION=	2.40
+DISTVERSION=	2.41
 PORTREVISION=	4
 CATEGORIES=	x11
 MASTER_SITES=	XORG/individual/data/${PORTNAME}
 
 MAINTAINER=	x11@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	X Keyboard Configuration Database
 WWW=		https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig/
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		meson gnome localbase pathfix perl5 python:build \
 		shebangfix tar:xz
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 USE_GNOME=	libxslt:build
 USE_PERL5=	build
 SHEBANG_FILES=	rules/merge.py \
 		rules/compat/map-variants.py
 
 MESON_ARGS=	-Dxkb-base=${PREFIX}/share/X11/xkb \
 		-Dxorg-rules-symlinks=true
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	ETERSOFT NLS X11
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=X11
 NLS_USES=	gettext-tools iconv
 NLS_MESON_TRUE=	nls
 ETERSOFT_DESC=	Add pre-1918 Russian letters to typographic layout
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 ETERSOFT_EXTRA_PATCHES=	${FILESDIR}/etersoft-patch-symbols-typo
 X11_BUILD_DEPENDS=	xkbcomp:x11/xkbcomp
 X11_DESC=		XKB keyboard description compiler support
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}/var/lib/xkb
 	@${LN} -sf /var/lib/xkb ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/X11/xkb/compiled
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11/xkeyboard-config/distinfo b/x11/xkeyboard-config/distinfo
index 8b118f8120e9..c96b62372210 100644
--- a/x11/xkeyboard-config/distinfo
+++ b/x11/xkeyboard-config/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1698603581
-SHA256 (xkeyboard-config-2.40.tar.xz) = 7a3dba1bec7dc7191432da021242d17c9cf6c89690e6c57b0de048ff8c9d2ae3
-SIZE (xkeyboard-config-2.40.tar.xz) = 893584
+TIMESTAMP = 1707131942
+SHA256 (xkeyboard-config-2.41.tar.xz) = f02cd6b957295e0d50236a3db15825256c92f67ef1f73bf1c77a4b179edf728f
+SIZE (xkeyboard-config-2.41.tar.xz) = 898404
diff --git a/x11/xkeyboard-config/files/patch-nls b/x11/xkeyboard-config/files/patch-nls
deleted file mode 100644
index 91455f5797d7..000000000000
--- a/x11/xkeyboard-config/files/patch-nls
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- meson_options.txt.orig	2023-10-05 22:26:07.000000000 +0300
-+++ meson_options.txt	2023-11-02 21:02:30.219251000 +0200
-@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@
-        type: 'boolean',
-        value: false,
-        description: 'create "xorg" symlinks to the "base" rules files [default=false]')
-+option('nls',
-+       type: 'boolean',
-+       value: true,
-+       description: 'build with native language support (NLS) [default=true]')
---- po/meson.build.orig	2023-10-05 22:26:07.000000000 +0300
-+++ po/meson.build	2023-11-02 21:02:38.562084000 +0200
-@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
--i18n = import('i18n')
--i18n.gettext('xkeyboard-config', preset: 'glib',
--	     args: ['--keyword=_',
--		     '--keyword=N_',
--		     '--its=@0@/rules/xkb.its'.format(meson.source_root())])
-+if get_option('nls')
-+  i18n = import('i18n')
-+  i18n.gettext('xkeyboard-config', preset: 'glib',
-+               args: ['--keyword=_',
-+                       '--keyword=N_',
-+                       '--its=@0@/rules/xkb.its'.format(meson.source_root())])
-+endif