diff --git a/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/Makefile b/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/Makefile
index 607bd0510902..32185b22f41d 100644
--- a/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	matrix-synapse
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
-DISTVERSION=	1.21.2
+DISTVERSION=	1.24.0
 CATEGORIES=	net-im python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
diff --git a/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/distinfo b/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/distinfo
index 51d8c4d11db3..8095ed12667b 100644
--- a/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/distinfo
+++ b/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1602777544
-SHA256 (matrix-org-synapse-v1.21.2_GH0.tar.gz) = ec7073befcda697428c4d634c7a8637ea7d1b01639b3a943d72821ba8110a0bf
-SIZE (matrix-org-synapse-v1.21.2_GH0.tar.gz) = 6930190
+TIMESTAMP = 1607818220
+SHA256 (matrix-org-synapse-v1.24.0_GH0.tar.gz) = d55a9b41432e3ca348b13d8e4b3ece6515b3e76a0f4062e8036ee1204842f53a
+SIZE (matrix-org-synapse-v1.24.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7008162
diff --git a/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/files/patch-synapse_python__dependencies.py b/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/files/patch-synapse_python__dependencies.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 311500ed6c32..000000000000
--- a/net-im/py-matrix-synapse/files/patch-synapse_python__dependencies.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- synapse/python_dependencies.py.orig	2020-10-15 15:59:57 UTC
-+++ synapse/python_dependencies.py
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS = [
-     # prom-client has a history of breaking backwards compatibility between
-     # minor versions (https://github.com/prometheus/client_python/issues/317),
-     # so we also pin the minor version.
--    "prometheus_client>=0.4.0,<0.9.0",
-+    "prometheus_client>=0.4.0",
-     # we use attr.validators.deep_iterable, which arrived in 19.1.0 (Note:
-     # Fedora 31 only has 19.1, so if we want to upgrade we should wait until 33
-     # is out in November.)