diff --git a/net/fort/Makefile b/net/fort/Makefile
index f005b965dd2f..ee850aea8832 100644
--- a/net/fort/Makefile
+++ b/net/fort/Makefile
@@ -1,43 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	fort
-DISTVERSION=	1.5.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	1.5.3
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	toni@devboks.com
 COMMENT=	FORT Validator is an open source RPKI validator
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libcurl.so:ftp/curl libjansson.so:devel/jansson \
 		libxml2.so:textproc/libxml2
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/rsync:net/rsync
 
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c11 pkgconfig ssl
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 USE_RC_SUBR=	fort
 
 GH_ACCOUNT=	NICMx
 GH_PROJECT=	FORT-validator
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 
 post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|%%DISTVERSION%%|${DISTVERSION}|" \
-		${WRKSRC}/configure.ac
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|/tmp/fort|${ETCDIR}|" \
 		${WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|/usr/local/ssl|/etc/ssl|" \
 		${WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|rsync\",|${LOCALBASE}/bin/rsync\",|" \
 		${WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "/\"daemon\": false,/d" \
 		${WRKSRC}/examples/config.json
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/repository ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/tal
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/examples/config.json \
 		${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/fort-config.json.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/fort/distinfo b/net/fort/distinfo
index 9a35cf2481e2..78a8dec2d000 100644
--- a/net/fort/distinfo
+++ b/net/fort/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1634812159
-SHA256 (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = c49b7badcf6dae05b7c9ae9cb3b1514d2b742d868b83f8b8deb0d7ae0a3e6bf2
-SIZE (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.5.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 482094
+TIMESTAMP = 1636471861
+SHA256 (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = a6cfe7a194399e75716d4bb7c39177b6affdcf04e9087a17ec831980d03f71f2
+SIZE (NICMx-FORT-validator-1.5.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 485271
diff --git a/net/fort/files/patch-configure.ac b/net/fort/files/patch-configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 36c0f268e1f3..000000000000
--- a/net/fort/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2021-10-19 22:44:35 UTC
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
- 
- AC_PREREQ([2.69])
--AC_INIT([fort], [m4_esyscmd_s([git describe --dirty --always --tags])],
-+AC_INIT([fort], [%%DISTVERSION%%],
- 	[fort-validator@nic.mx])
- AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.c])
- AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])