diff --git a/sysutils/smartmontools/Makefile b/sysutils/smartmontools/Makefile
index b9a3b337a767..df87dc202ed3 100644
--- a/sysutils/smartmontools/Makefile
+++ b/sysutils/smartmontools/Makefile
@@ -1,41 +1,40 @@
 PORTNAME=	smartmontools
-DISTVERSION=	7.3
-PORTREVISION=	1
+DISTVERSION=	7.4
 CATEGORIES=	sysutils
 MASTER_SITES=	SF
 
 MAINTAINER=	samm@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	S.M.A.R.T. disk monitoring tools
 WWW=		https://www.smartmontools.org
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lib cpe shebangfix
 USE_RC_SUBR=	smartd
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	examplescripts/Example5
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--disable-dependency-tracking \
 		--enable-sample \
 		--with-gnupg=no \
 		--with-initscriptdir=${PREFIX}/etc/rc.d \
 		--with-nvme-devicescan=yes
 
 SUB_FILES=	pkg-message smart
 
 PORTDOCS=	*
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's| install-initdDATA| |' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in
 
 post-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/periodic/daily
 	${INSTALL_SCRIPT} ${WRKDIR}/smart \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/periodic/daily
 	${MV} ${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/drivedb.h \
 		${STAGEDIR}${DATADIR}/drivedb.h.sample
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/smartmontools/distinfo b/sysutils/smartmontools/distinfo
index 1d3d0ad0e0cf..1f03708cea1b 100644
--- a/sysutils/smartmontools/distinfo
+++ b/sysutils/smartmontools/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1646298623
-SHA256 (smartmontools-7.3.tar.gz) = a544f8808d0c58cfb0e7424ca1841cb858a974922b035d505d4e4c248be3a22b
-SIZE (smartmontools-7.3.tar.gz) = 1043932
+TIMESTAMP = 1690890805
+SHA256 (smartmontools-7.4.tar.gz) = e9a61f641ff96ca95319edfb17948cd297d0cd3342736b2c49c99d4716fb993d
+SIZE (smartmontools-7.4.tar.gz) = 1094955
diff --git a/sysutils/smartmontools/files/patch-update-smart-drivedb.in b/sysutils/smartmontools/files/patch-update-smart-drivedb.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 786236c5c01a..000000000000
--- a/sysutils/smartmontools/files/patch-update-smart-drivedb.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
---- update-smart-drivedb.in.orig	2022-02-23 21:47:28 UTC
-+++ update-smart-drivedb.in
-@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
- #
- # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
- #
--# $Id: update-smart-drivedb.in 5332 2022-02-23 21:47:28Z chrfranke $
-+# $Id$
- #
- 
- set -e
-@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ gpg_verify()
-   # Remove temp home dir, retry on failure
-   i=0
-   while ! out=`rm -f -r "$gnupgtmp" 2>&1`; do
--    let ++i
-+    i=$((i+1))
-     if [ $i -ge 10 ]; then
-       echo "$out" >&2; break
-     fi
-@@ -542,12 +542,14 @@ gpg_verify()
- get_db_version()
- {
-   local r v x
--  x=$(sed -n '/^[ {]*"VERSION: *[^"]*"/{s,^[ {]*"VERSION: \([1-9][./0-9]* [^"]*\)".*$,\1,p;q}' "$1") \
--  || return 1
-+  x=`sed -n '/^[ {]*"VERSION: *[^"]*"/{
-+       s,^[ {]*"VERSION: \([1-9][./0-9]* [^"]*\)".*$,\1,p
-+       q
-+     }' "$1"` || return 1
-   v=${x%% *}
-   test -n "$v" || return 0
-   if [ "${v%/*}" = "$v" ]; then # trunk: get rev from expanded SVN-Id
--    r=$(echo "$x" | sed -n 's,^[^$]*\$''Id: drivedb\.h \([1-9][0-9]*\) .*$,\1,p')
-+    r=`echo "$x" | sed -n 's,^[^$]*\$''Id: drivedb\.h \([1-9][0-9]*\) .*$,\1,p'`
-     test -n "$r" || r="?"
-     v="$v/$r"
-   fi
-@@ -860,7 +862,7 @@ if [ -z "$no_verify" ]; then
- fi
- 
- # Get version
--newver=$(get_db_version "$drivedb.new")
-+newver=`get_db_version "$drivedb.new"`
- if [ -z "$newver" ]; then
-   if [ -z "$force" ]; then
-     mv_all "$drivedb" ".new" ".error"
-@@ -905,7 +907,7 @@ if [ -n "$equal" ]; then
- fi
- 
- # Check branch and file version
--oldver=$(get_db_version "$drivedb")
-+oldver=`get_db_version "$drivedb"`
- test -n "$oldver" || oldver="?/?"
- if    [ "${newver##*/}" = "?" ] \
-    || [ "${oldver##*/}" = "?" ] \
diff --git a/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg-descr b/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg-descr
index 4c983f080615..5459df9111a7 100644
--- a/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg-descr
+++ b/sysutils/smartmontools/pkg-descr
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 The smartmontools package contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd)
 to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis
-and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and
-SCSI hard disks.  It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes
+and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern SATA, NVMe
+and SCSI hard disks.  It is derived from the smartsuite package, and includes
 support for ATA/ATAPI/SATA disks and SCSI disks and tape devices.