diff --git a/dns/libidn2/Makefile b/dns/libidn2/Makefile
index 6c7ec0ea87a8..742ce55a5f73 100644
--- a/dns/libidn2/Makefile
+++ b/dns/libidn2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	libidn2
-PORTVERSION=	2.3.7
+PORTVERSION=	2.3.8
 CATEGORIES=	dns
 MASTER_SITES=	GNU/libidn
 
diff --git a/dns/libidn2/distinfo b/dns/libidn2/distinfo
index 332b22a62d35..35d2b2be095b 100644
--- a/dns/libidn2/distinfo
+++ b/dns/libidn2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1706364533
-SHA256 (libidn2-2.3.7.tar.gz) = 4c21a791b610b9519b9d0e12b8097bf2f359b12f8dd92647611a929e6bfd7d64
-SIZE (libidn2-2.3.7.tar.gz) = 2155214
+TIMESTAMP = 1742070256
+SHA256 (libidn2-2.3.8.tar.gz) = f557911bf6171621e1f72ff35f5b1825bb35b52ed45325dcdee931e5d3c0787a
+SIZE (libidn2-2.3.8.tar.gz) = 2234804
diff --git a/dns/libidn2/files/patch-src-idn2.c b/dns/libidn2/files/patch-src-idn2.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fbdc68f56e6a..000000000000
--- a/dns/libidn2/files/patch-src-idn2.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- src/idn2.c.orig	2017-04-12 18:43:32 UTC
-+++ src/idn2.c
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
- #include <unistring/localcharset.h>
- 
- /* Gnulib headers. */
--#include "error.h"
-+#include "err.h"
- #include "gettext.h"
- #define _(String) dgettext (PACKAGE, String)
- #include "progname.h"
-@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ process_input (char *readbuf, int flags)
-       free (output);
-     }
-   else
--    error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", tag, idn2_strerror (rc));
-+    errc (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, "%s: %s", tag, idn2_strerror (rc));
- }
- 
- int
-@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
-     }
- 
-   if (ferror (stdin))
--    error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", _("input error"));
-+    errc (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", _("input error"));
- 
-   cmdline_parser_free (&args_info);
- 
diff --git a/dns/libidn2/pkg-plist b/dns/libidn2/pkg-plist
index b09d140ca903..1db281771b0a 100644
--- a/dns/libidn2/pkg-plist
+++ b/dns/libidn2/pkg-plist
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/home.png
 share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/index.html
 share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/left-insensitive.png
 share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/left.png
-share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/libidn2-idn2.h.html
-share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/libidn2.devhelp2
 share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/libidn2.html
 share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/right-insensitive.png
 share/gtk-doc/html/libidn2/right.png