diff --git a/graphics/darktable/Portfile b/graphics/darktable/Portfile
index b2407af6903ca..c57dde783ddac 100644
--- a/graphics/darktable/Portfile
+++ b/graphics/darktable/Portfile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ PortGroup               app 1.0
 PortGroup               cmake 1.1
 PortGroup               cxx11 1.1
 
-github.setup            darktable-org darktable 2.4.4 release-
-revision                2
+github.setup            darktable-org darktable 2.6.2 release-
+revision                0
 categories              graphics
 platforms               darwin
 supported_archs         x86_64
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ homepage                https://www.darktable.org/
 github.tarball_from     releases
 use_xz                  yes
 
-checksums               rmd160  eef5f65d5be1ec2bc59ca6d91db443303a8d998e \
-                        sha256  964320b8c9ffef680fa0407a6ca16ed5136ad1f449572876e262764e78acb04d \
-                        size    3432268
+checksums               rmd160  aa53751d60e7ada728651eb2bc56e0f90a898ccf \
+                        sha256  9cb9efbb09a40375ff05cef89343235a621c58339539e44985470a029a7ffb45 \
+                        size    3512572
 
 # avoid
 #     Unknown build type: MACPORTS.  Please specify one of:
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ depends_run             port:adwaita-icon-theme \
 
 require_active_variants gtk3 quartz
 
-patchfiles              patch-src-common-exif.cc.diff
-
 # sets march optimization to generic
 configure.args-append   -DBINARY_PACKAGE_BUILD=ON
 
diff --git a/graphics/darktable/files/patch-src-common-exif.cc.diff b/graphics/darktable/files/patch-src-common-exif.cc.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 932e0b4d23da7..0000000000000
--- a/graphics/darktable/files/patch-src-common-exif.cc.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- src/common/exif.cc.orig	2018-06-05 14:31:36.000000000 -0700
-+++ src/common/exif.cc	2018-12-22 13:20:37.000000000 -0800
-@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@
-     if(Exiv2::XmpParser::encode(xmpPacket, xmpData,
-       Exiv2::XmpParser::useCompactFormat | Exiv2::XmpParser::omitPacketWrapper) != 0)
-     {
--      throw Exiv2::Error(1, "[xmp_write] failed to serialize xmp data");
-+      throw Exiv2::Error(Exiv2::kerErrorMessage, "Failed to serialize XMP data");
-     }
-     return g_strdup(xmpPacket.c_str());
-   }
-@@ -2769,7 +2769,7 @@
-     if(Exiv2::XmpParser::encode(xmpPacket, xmpData,
-        Exiv2::XmpParser::useCompactFormat | Exiv2::XmpParser::omitPacketWrapper) != 0)
-     {
--      throw Exiv2::Error(1, "[xmp_write] failed to serialize xmp data");
-+      throw Exiv2::Error(Exiv2::kerErrorMessage, "Failed to serialize XMP data");
-     }
- 
-     // hash the new data and compare it to the old hash (if applicable)