diff --git a/graphics/cptutils/Makefile b/graphics/cptutils/Makefile
index 266f53bccf1a..82103e38ae98 100644
--- a/graphics/cptutils/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/cptutils/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	cptutils
-PORTVERSION=	1.73
+PORTVERSION=	1.74
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	http://soliton.vm.bytemark.co.uk/pub/jjg/src/
 
diff --git a/graphics/cptutils/distinfo b/graphics/cptutils/distinfo
index dc0ec6612361..6f29e4bd39f4 100644
--- a/graphics/cptutils/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/cptutils/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1594664109
-SHA256 (cptutils-1.73.tar.gz) = 8a6463971c40a18967defb62852177ed9c72ad2d8aabd7653e89aa1e40fca4e6
-SIZE (cptutils-1.73.tar.gz) = 628207
+TIMESTAMP = 1611792516
+SHA256 (cptutils-1.74.tar.gz) = cdb2878a487c4800deb138a341f7cba1f9ebaed350392fb9e6784ad11da24348
+SIZE (cptutils-1.74.tar.gz) = 632375
diff --git a/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-configure.ac b/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-configure.ac
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c54d10a315b..000000000000
--- a/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-configure.ac
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.orig	2020-07-08 21:29:57 UTC
-+++ configure.ac
-@@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ if test $opt_enable_tests = yes; then
-       AC_SUBST(WITH_ACCEPT, 1)
-    fi
- 
--   AC_PATH_PROG(XML2, xml2, no)
--   if test "$XML2" = no ; then
--      AC_MSG_ERROR(need xml2 program)
--   fi
--
-    dnl The name "xmlstarlet" is used by Debian and derivatives since
-    dnl presumably, the upstream name of "xml" is already taken or is
-    dnl too generic -- we check for the formar first
diff --git a/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-src_test_equal-qgs b/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-src_test_equal-qgs
deleted file mode 100644
index 36e07c368809..000000000000
--- a/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-src_test_equal-qgs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/test/equal-qgs.orig	2017-03-03 19:51:28 UTC
-+++ src/test/equal-qgs
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CSV2='/tmp/equal-svg-2.csv'
- 
- create_filtered_csv()
- {
--    $XML2 < $1 | \
-+    cat < $1 | \
- 	grep -v created | \
- 	grep -v creator | \
- 	grep -v '\@id' | \
diff --git a/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-src_test_equal-svg b/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-src_test_equal-svg
deleted file mode 100644
index f2b423b02364..000000000000
--- a/graphics/cptutils/files/patch-src_test_equal-svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src/test/equal-svg.orig	2017-03-03 19:51:28 UTC
-+++ src/test/equal-svg
-@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ CSV2='/tmp/equal-svg-2.csv'
- 
- create_filtered_csv()
- {
--    $XML2 < $1 | \
-+    cat < $1 | \
- 	grep -v created | \
- 	grep -v creator | \
- 	grep -v '\@id' | \