diff --git a/ports/libexpat/libexpat.patch b/ports/libexpat/libexpat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 52e2948e..00000000
--- a/ports/libexpat/libexpat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-diff -Paur --no-dereference -- libexpat.upstream/conftools/config.sub libexpat/conftools/config.sub
---- libexpat.upstream/conftools/config.sub
-+++ libexpat/conftools/config.sub
-@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
- 	      | -hpux* | -unos* | -osf* | -luna* | -dgux* | -auroraux* | -solaris* \
- 	      | -sym* | -kopensolaris* \
- 	      | -amigaos* | -amigados* | -msdos* | -newsos* | -unicos* | -aof* \
--	      | -aos* | -aros* \
-+	      | -aos* | -aros* | -sortix* \
- 	      | -nindy* | -vxsim* | -vxworks* | -ebmon* | -hms* | -mvs* \
- 	      | -clix* | -riscos* | -uniplus* | -iris* | -rtu* | -xenix* \
- 	      | -hiux* | -386bsd* | -knetbsd* | -mirbsd* | -netbsd* \
-diff -Paur --no-dereference -- libexpat.upstream/Makefile.in libexpat/Makefile.in
---- libexpat.upstream/Makefile.in
-+++ libexpat/Makefile.in
-@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
- APIHEADER = $(srcdir)/lib/expat.h $(srcdir)/lib/expat_external.h
- LIBRARY = libexpat.la
- 
--DESTDIR = $(INSTALL_ROOT)
-+DESTDIR ?= $(INSTALL_ROOT)
- 
- default:  buildlib xmlwf/xmlwf@EXEEXT@
- 
-diff -Paur --no-dereference -- libexpat.upstream/xmlwf/readfilemap.c libexpat/xmlwf/readfilemap.c
---- libexpat.upstream/xmlwf/readfilemap.c
-+++ libexpat/xmlwf/readfilemap.c
-@@ -8,17 +8,7 @@
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <stdio.h>
- 
--#ifdef __WATCOMC__
--#ifndef __LINUX__
--#include <io.h>
--#else
- #include <unistd.h>
--#endif
--#endif
--
--#ifdef __BEOS__
--#include <unistd.h>
--#endif
- 
- #ifndef S_ISREG
- #ifndef S_IFREG
diff --git a/ports/libexpat/libexpat.port b/ports/libexpat/libexpat.port
index 27db2cf8..7077a969 100644
--- a/ports/libexpat/libexpat.port
+++ b/ports/libexpat/libexpat.port
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 NAME=libexpat
 BUILD_LIBRARIES=
 VERSION_MAJOR=2
-VERSION_MINOR=1
-VERSION_PATCH=0
+VERSION_MINOR=4
+VERSION_PATCH=8
 VERSION=$VERSION_MAJOR.$VERSION_MINOR.$VERSION_PATCH
 DISTNAME=expat-$VERSION
-COMPRESSION=tar.gz
+COMPRESSION=tar.xz
 ARCHIVE=$DISTNAME.$COMPRESSION
-SHA256SUM=823705472f816df21c8f6aa026dd162b280806838bb55b3432b0fb1fcca7eb86
+SHA256SUM=f79b8f904b749e3e0d20afeadecf8249c55b2e32d4ebb089ae378df479dcaf25
 UPSTREAM_SITE=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_${VERSION_MAJOR}_${VERSION_MINOR}_${VERSION_PATCH}
 UPSTREAM_ARCHIVE=$ARCHIVE
+LICENSE=MIT
 BUILD_SYSTEM=configure
 POST_INSTALL=tix-eradicate-libtool-la
diff --git a/ports/libexpat/libexpat.rmpatch b/ports/libexpat/libexpat.rmpatch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f3538c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libexpat/libexpat.rmpatch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+rm -rf -- 'doc/xmlwf.1'
+rm -rf -- 'expat_config.h'