diff --git a/irc/xchat2/Makefile b/irc/xchat2/Makefile
index 3893ec5addda..09d8931f0831 100644
--- a/irc/xchat2/Makefile
+++ b/irc/xchat2/Makefile
@@ -1,98 +1,98 @@
 # New ports collection makefile for:	xchat2
 # Date created:			17 Aug 2002
 # Whom:				Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	xchat2
-PORTVERSION=	2.4.3
+PORTVERSION=	2.4.4
 CATEGORIES=	irc gnome ipv6
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE} \
 		http://xchat.org/files/source/2.4/
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME:S|2||}
 DISTNAME=	xchat-${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	gnome@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	An X11 IRC client using the GTK+ 2 toolkit
 
 USE_X_PREFIX=	yes
 USE_BZIP2=	yes
 USE_GMAKE=	yes
-USE_GNOME=	gnomeprefix gnomehack gtk20
+USE_GNOME=	gnomehack gtk20
 USE_LIBTOOL_VER=15
 USE_REINPLACE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS}" \
 		LIBS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${PTHREAD_LIBS}"
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--enable-nls \
 		--enable-ipv6
 
 CONFLICTS=	xchat-1*
 
 .if defined(WITH_SOCKS)
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libsocks5.a:${PORTSDIR}/net/socks5
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-socks
 .endif
 
 # openssl in now default in configure
 
 .if defined(WITH_PYTHON)
 USE_PYTHON=		yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--enable-python
 PLIST_SUB+=		PYTHON=""
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--disable-python
 PLIST_SUB+=		PYTHON="@comment "
 .endif
 
 .if defined(WITH_TCL)
 LIB_DEPENDS+=	tcl83.1:${PORTSDIR}/lang/tcl83
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-tcl=${LOCALBASE}/lib/tcl8.3
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include ${PTHREAD_CFLAGS} \
 		-I${LOCALBASE}/include/tcl8.3" \
 		LIBS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib ${PTHREAD_LIBS} \
 		-L${LOCALBASE}/lib/tcl8.3"
 PLIST_SUB+=	TCL=""
 .else
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-tcl=no
 PLIST_SUB+=	TCL="@comment "
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if ${ARCH} == "amd64" || ${PERL_LEVEL} < 500600 || defined(WITHOUT_PERL)
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--disable-perl
 PLIST_SUB+=	PERL="@comment "
 .else
 USE_PERL5=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=--enable-perl
 PLIST_SUB+=	PERL=""
 .endif
 
 pre-everything::
 .if !defined(WITH_PYTHON) || !defined(WITH_SOCKS) || !defined(WITH_TCL)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "You may specify the following on the command line:"
 	@${ECHO_MSG} ""
 .endif
 .if !defined(WITH_PYTHON)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "WITH_PYTHON=yes for Python support"
 .endif
 .if !defined(WITH_SOCKS)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "WITH_SOCKS=yes for SOCKS5 proxy support"
 .endif
 .if !defined(WITH_TCL)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "WITH_TCL=yes for tcl support"
 .endif
 .if ${ARCH} != "amd64" && !defined(WITHOUT_PERL)
 	@${ECHO_MSG} "WITHOUT_PERL=yes to disable Perl support"
 .endif
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -E -e 's|PY_LIBS=.*|PY_LIBS="-L\$$PY_EXEC_PREFIX/lib/python\$$PY_VER/config -lpython\$$PY_VER ${PTHREAD_LIBS} -lutil"|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 # Create plugins directory even when no plugins are installed
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${PREFIX}/lib/xchat/plugins
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>
diff --git a/irc/xchat2/distinfo b/irc/xchat2/distinfo
index a0c7ac88cc86..da5a26ace346 100644
--- a/irc/xchat2/distinfo
+++ b/irc/xchat2/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-MD5 (xchat-2.4.3.tar.bz2) = bdcb196b70c93a185fff485fe9af9815
-SIZE (xchat-2.4.3.tar.bz2) = 1259520
+MD5 (xchat-2.4.4.tar.bz2) = c853dbc73c3ba5127388584381bd4dce
+SIZE (xchat-2.4.4.tar.bz2) = 1285259
diff --git a/irc/xchat2/pkg-plist b/irc/xchat2/pkg-plist
index 9cd6df979917..683c9342c760 100644
--- a/irc/xchat2/pkg-plist
+++ b/irc/xchat2/pkg-plist
@@ -1,45 +1,48 @@
 bin/xchat
 %%PERL%%lib/xchat/plugins/perl.so
 %%PYTHON%%lib/xchat/plugins/python.so
 %%TCL%%lib/xchat/plugins/tcl.so
-share/gnome/applications/xchat.desktop
-share/gnome/pixmaps/xchat.png
+share/applications/xchat.desktop
 share/locale/am/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/az/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
+share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
+share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/sq/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/wa/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
 share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/xchat.mo
+share/pixmaps/xchat.png
+@unexec rmdir %D/share/applications 2> /dev/null || true
 @exec mkdir -p %D/lib/xchat/plugins
 @dirrm lib/xchat/plugins
 @dirrm lib/xchat