diff --git a/games/VVVVVV/Portfile b/games/VVVVVV/Portfile
index 86e6d575a9a..c7d667300ad 100644
--- a/games/VVVVVV/Portfile
+++ b/games/VVVVVV/Portfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ PortGroup               github 1.0
 PortGroup               cmake 1.1
 PortGroup               app 1.1
 
-github.setup            TerryCavanagh VVVVVV 2.4.3
+github.setup            TerryCavanagh VVVVVV 2.4.4
 revision                0
 categories              games
 maintainers             {i0ntempest @i0ntempest} openmaintainer
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ master_sites-append     ${homepage}/makeandplay/:data
 distfiles-append        ${data_file}:data
 
 checksums               ${main_distfile} \
-                        rmd160  921dafe85d30ff41032a2334e2f81d8b4cd4b583 \
-                        sha256  146a34f2e5499ea30ecf2ec6bb8ed6b08c388b6d386da9cd1808d0863541c167 \
-                        size    11037985 \
+                        rmd160  2c78d97ec8c65d9777a8287ba2242b81dfafb837 \
+                        sha256  c8d92f6551d3ee2e39b0a0e84e7e9c76b5c81cb6ec59f14e01c17136cb5a2ca1 \
+                        size    11037325 \
                         ${data_file} \
                         rmd160  3278bcda68a285af19f8a0e5d9234e7beadea5f5 \
                         sha256  c767809594f6472da9f56136e76657e38640d584164a46112250ac6293ecc0ea \
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ post-extract {
     system -W ${cmake.source_dir} "unzip -p ${distpath}/data.zip VVVVVV.png > icon.png"
 }
 
-post-patch {
-    reinplace "s|RELEASE_VERSION \"v.*\"|RELEASE_VERSION \"v${version}\"|" ${worksrcpath}/desktop_version/src/ReleaseVersion.h
-}
-
 configure.args-append   -DOFFICIAL_BUILD=ON \
                         -DBUNDLE_DEPENDENCIES=OFF \
                         -DSTEAM=OFF \