diff --git a/ports/sed/sed.patch b/ports/sed/sed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 78ce7b3d..00000000
--- a/ports/sed/sed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Paur --no-dereference -- sed.upstream/build-aux/config.sub sed/build-aux/config.sub
---- sed.upstream/build-aux/config.sub
-+++ sed/build-aux/config.sub
-@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@
- 	      | -hpux* | -unos* | -osf* | -luna* | -dgux* | -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 --git a/ports/sed/sed.port b/ports/sed/sed.port
index 234eeda0..f5a6e9e5 100644
--- a/ports/sed/sed.port
+++ b/ports/sed/sed.port
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 NAME=sed
 BUILD_LIBRARIES='libiconv?'
-VERSION=4.2
+VERSION=4.9
 DISTNAME=$NAME-$VERSION
-COMPRESSION=tar.bz2
+COMPRESSION=tar.xz
 ARCHIVE=$DISTNAME.$COMPRESSION
-SHA256SUM=ee7755e3ab038e7deecebdf44fd43ad65a96890962c3b44206cce672368b45c8
+SHA256SUM=6e226b732e1cd739464ad6862bd1a1aba42d7982922da7a53519631d24975181
 UPSTREAM_SITE=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed
 UPSTREAM_ARCHIVE=$ARCHIVE
 BUILD_SYSTEM=configure
-CONFIGURE_VARS='gt_cv_locale_fr=false gt_cv_locale_ja=false gt_cv_locale_fr_utf8=false gt_cv_locale_ja_utf8=false gt_cv_locale_tr_utf8=false gt_cv_locale_zh_CN=false'
+LICENSE=GPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/ports/sed/sed.rmpatch b/ports/sed/sed.rmpatch
deleted file mode 100644
index ed860fd9..00000000
--- a/ports/sed/sed.rmpatch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rm -rf -- 'bootstrap.sh'