diff --git a/irc/ircII/Makefile b/irc/ircII/Makefile
index a9d410084fe5..cb3f760da2db 100644
--- a/irc/ircII/Makefile
+++ b/irc/ircII/Makefile
@@ -1,51 +1,50 @@
 PORTNAME=	ircii
-PORTVERSION=	20210314
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	20240111
 CATEGORIES=	irc
 MASTER_SITES=	https://ircii.warped.com/
 
 MAINTAINER=	andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk
 COMMENT=	Small and high extensible IRC client
 WWW=		http://www.eterna23.net/ircii/
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${STAGEDIR}/${PREFIX}/share
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-warnings
 DATADIR=	${PREFIX}/share/irc
 USES=		cpe iconv ncurses tar:bzip2
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	eterna
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	EMACS_KEYS HELP IRCBUG OPENSSL SCRIPTS
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=EMACS_KEYS HELP OPENSSL SCRIPTS
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 HELP_DESC=	Install ircII help files
 EMACS_KEYS_DESC=Use emacs meta keys
 IRCBUG_DESC=	Install ircII bug-reporting script
 SCRIPTS_DESC=	Install ircII script collection
 
 EMACS_KEYS_CONFIGURE_WITH=	emacs-meta-keys
 OPENSSL_USES=			ssl
 OPENSSL_CONFIGURE_WITH=		openssl=${OPENSSLBASE}
 OPENSSL_LDFLAGS=		-L${OPENSSLLIB}
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 # The ordering is very specific. This must come after pre.mk or
 # ircII won't link against libssl from ports
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${ICONV_PREFIX}/include
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${ICONV_PREFIX}/lib
 
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^LDFLAGS =/s/$$/ ${STRIP} ${ICONV_LIB}/' \
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/^mandir =/s/@mandir@/$${DESTDIR}&/' \
+		-e '/^LDFLAGS =/s/$$/ ${STRIP} ${ICONV_LIB}/' \
 		-e '/^INCLUDES =/s|$$| -I${ICONV_PREFIX}/include -DHAVE_ICONV_OPEN|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|PREFIX/|${PREFIX}/|' ${WRKSRC}/doc/ircII.1
 
 post-install:
 	${MV} -f ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/irc-${PORTVERSION} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/irc
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/irc/ircII/distinfo b/irc/ircII/distinfo
index fa74cd287fcc..2e19fdbc77dd 100644
--- a/irc/ircII/distinfo
+++ b/irc/ircII/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1619062628
-SHA256 (ircii-20210314.tar.bz2) = 866f2b847daed3d70859f208f7cb0f20b58c0933b2159f7ff92a68c518d393a9
-SIZE (ircii-20210314.tar.bz2) = 590626
+TIMESTAMP = 1715865319
+SHA256 (ircii-20240111.tar.bz2) = acb9351d9215c783111ad118ab2a1d3ac27f96e53db9bdc685e5dde1c14fd95d
+SIZE (ircii-20240111.tar.bz2) = 576700
diff --git a/irc/ircII/files/patch-source_alias.c b/irc/ircII/files/patch-source_alias.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ab1f5adbb2ee..000000000000
--- a/irc/ircII/files/patch-source_alias.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- source/alias.c.orig	2019-01-18 10:29:41 UTC
-+++ source/alias.c
-@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ function_userhost(u_char *input)
- static u_char	*
- function_strip(u_char *input)
- {
--	u_char	tmpbuf[128], *result;
-+	u_char	tmpbuf[128], *result = NULL;
- 	u_char	*retval = NULL;
- 	u_char	*chars;
- 	u_char	*cp, *dp;
diff --git a/irc/ircII/files/patch-source_help.c b/irc/ircII/files/patch-source_help.c
deleted file mode 100644
index f95d308866a7..000000000000
--- a/irc/ircII/files/patch-source_help.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- source/help.c.orig	2019-05-29 09:55:50 UTC
-+++ source/help.c
-@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ help_topic(u_char *path, u_char *name)
- #ifdef ZCAT
- 		if (my_strcmp(name + (my_strlen(name) - my_strlen(ZSUFFIX)), ZSUFFIX))
- 		{
--			malloc_snprintf(&filename, "%s/%s%s", path, ZSUFFIX);
-+			malloc_snprintf(&filename, "%s/%s%s", path, name, ZSUFFIX);
- 			if (stat(CP(filename), &sb) == -1)
- 			{
- 				new_free(&filename);