diff --git a/textproc/cpp-peglib/Makefile b/textproc/cpp-peglib/Makefile
index 45d87ca2e154d..b8854b07d89e4 100644
--- a/textproc/cpp-peglib/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/cpp-peglib/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	cpp-peglib
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.8.3
+DISTVERSION=	1.8.4
 CATEGORIES=	textproc devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
@@ -10,15 +10,13 @@ WWW=		https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-peglib
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-TEST_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/include/gtest/gtest.h:devel/googletest
-
 USES=		cmake:testing compiler:c++17-lang localbase:ldflags
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	yhirose
 
 CMAKE_OFF=	BUILD_TESTS
-CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTS # tests fail to link, possibly because googletest is 1.12.1, when the latest version is 1.13.0
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTS # tests fail to link, see https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-peglib/issues/281
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
diff --git a/textproc/cpp-peglib/distinfo b/textproc/cpp-peglib/distinfo
index 17c3e6f9cee4b..6aefbcd520810 100644
--- a/textproc/cpp-peglib/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/cpp-peglib/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1679069463
-SHA256 (yhirose-cpp-peglib-v1.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 3de8aeb44a262f9c2478e2a7e7bc2bb9426a2bdd176cf0654ff5a3d291c77b73
-SIZE (yhirose-cpp-peglib-v1.8.3_GH0.tar.gz) = 213662
+TIMESTAMP = 1689397985
+SHA256 (yhirose-cpp-peglib-v1.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 002cec65f659180ba90c0b04ee30a349ca18f0732fbe00e7638f1ead44aeb701
+SIZE (yhirose-cpp-peglib-v1.8.4_GH0.tar.gz) = 226350
diff --git a/textproc/cpp-peglib/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/textproc/cpp-peglib/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc97fc9d2387..0000000000000
--- a/textproc/cpp-peglib/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-07-09 00:35:05 UTC
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ endif()
- 
- add_subdirectory(lint)
- 
-+if (FREEBSD_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
- add_subdirectory(example)
-+endif()
- # add_subdirectory(cymbol)
- 
- if (${PEGLIB_BUILD_TESTS})