diff --git a/x11/pangomm-devel/Portfile b/x11/pangomm-devel/Portfile
index 8525c5d91cc..186c1ebed73 100644
--- a/x11/pangomm-devel/Portfile
+++ b/x11/pangomm-devel/Portfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ PortGroup       meson 1.0
 name            pangomm-devel
 conflicts       pangomm
 set my_name     pangomm
-version         2.52.0
+version         2.54.0
 revision        0
 
 # some build files are GPL-2+ but they are not installed
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ distname        ${my_name}-${version}
 dist_subdir     ${my_name}
 use_xz          yes
 
-checksums       rmd160  647f4f641e781e2b5ad711e4840b2afc9652f5fa \
-                sha256  34a134126a6484ff12f774358c36ecc44d0e9df094e1b83796d9774bb7d24947 \
-                size    778312
+checksums       rmd160  8bf494aced0c78fedc91b840c63edd228230169f \
+                sha256  4a5b1fd1b7c47a1af45277ea82b5abeaca8e08fb10a27daa6394cf88d74e7acf \
+                size    782944
 
 # Disable unexpected download of subprojects
 meson.wrap_mode nodownload
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@ depends_build-append \
                 port:mm-common \
                 path:bin/pkg-config:pkgconfig
 
-# Pull in legacy bindings via 'pangomm-1.4', so that dependents don't have to be changed
 depends_lib-append \
                 path:lib/pkgconfig/cairomm-1.16.pc:cairomm \
                 path:lib/pkgconfig/glibmm-2.68.pc:glibmm \
                 path:lib/pkgconfig/harfbuzz.pc:harfbuzz \
                 port:pango-devel \
-                port:pangomm-1.4 \
                 port:libsigcxx2
 
 compiler.cxx_standard 2017