diff --git a/www/luakit/Makefile b/www/luakit/Makefile
index bbb07687538e..0445c34bce2f 100644
--- a/www/luakit/Makefile
+++ b/www/luakit/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	luakit
-DISTVERSION=	2.3.6
-PORTREVISION=	3
+DISTVERSION=	2.4.0
 PORTEPOCH=	1
 CATEGORIES=	www
 
@@ -43,9 +42,6 @@ post-patch:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|luakit/doc|doc/luakit| ; \
 		s|/etc/xdg|${PREFIX}/etc/xdg| ; s|-ggdb||' \
 		${WRKSRC}/config.mk
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|expr substr|echo| ; \
-		s/ARCHIVE 1 /ARCHIVE | cut -b1-/' \
-		${WRKSRC}/build-utils/getversion.sh
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/luakit \
diff --git a/www/luakit/distinfo b/www/luakit/distinfo
index 849d1e29bfae..c4bd0bb45218 100644
--- a/www/luakit/distinfo
+++ b/www/luakit/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1715947776
-SHA256 (luakit-luakit-2.3.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 8202fc515c7e64ddc0794b5623167b372f696bce757e6f767c5e03bfbe2beba0
-SIZE (luakit-luakit-2.3.6_GH0.tar.gz) = 508466
+TIMESTAMP = 1739538685
+SHA256 (luakit-luakit-2.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 65f73939db561de21bba735bdf92c2b32d28c6610e3d114d1420a8477d531802
+SIZE (luakit-luakit-2.4.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 511716