diff --git a/textproc/gsed/Makefile b/textproc/gsed/Makefile
index 76b37e78723..a5367feb425 100644
--- a/textproc/gsed/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/gsed/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 2019/07/16 21:29:41 sthen Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.13 2020/01/23 00:36:27 bcallah Exp $
 
 COMMENT=		GNU stream editor
 
-DISTNAME=		sed-4.2.2
+DISTNAME=		sed-4.8
 PKGNAME=		g${DISTNAME}
-REVISION=		3
 CATEGORIES=		textproc
 MASTER_SITES=		${MASTER_SITE_GNU:=sed/}
-EXTRACT_SUFX=		.tar.bz2
+EXTRACT_SUFX=		.tar.xz
 
 HOMEPAGE=		https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/
 
@@ -18,10 +17,14 @@ PERMIT_PACKAGE=	Yes
 
 WANTLIB=		c iconv intl
 
+DEBUG_PACKAGES =	${BUILD_PACKAGES}
+
 LIB_DEPENDS=		devel/gettext,-runtime
 BUILD_DEPENDS=		devel/bison
 
 CONFIGURE_STYLE=	gnu
 CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--program-prefix=g
 
+PORTHOME =		${WRKDIR}
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/gsed/distinfo b/textproc/gsed/distinfo
index 492fe894438..017dae4e989 100644
--- a/textproc/gsed/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/gsed/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2) = 8EjRg42ihMi8l1PkUGuFoeDMHqiZnTb2mVvLlGDN29c=
-SIZE (sed-4.2.2.tar.bz2) = 1059414
+SHA256 (sed-4.8.tar.xz) = 95sM/qcbN6ju7ISQ22xfeudxnDVYfyHtsGF/Nw7v9jM=
+SIZE (sed-4.8.tar.xz) = 1348048
diff --git a/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-Makefile_in b/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-Makefile_in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6926c48156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-Makefile_in
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+$OpenBSD: patch-Makefile_in,v 1.1 2020/01/23 00:36:27 bcallah Exp $
+
+Don't try to regen info file; our makeinfo is too old.
+
+Index: Makefile.in
+--- Makefile.in.orig
++++ Makefile.in
+@@ -3575,7 +3575,7 @@ check-am: all-am
+ 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) check-TESTS
+ check: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+ 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) check-recursive
+-all-am: Makefile $(INFO_DEPS) $(PROGRAMS) $(LIBRARIES) $(MANS) $(DATA) \
++all-am: Makefile $(PROGRAMS) $(LIBRARIES) $(MANS) $(DATA) \
+ 		$(HEADERS) config.h
+ installdirs: installdirs-recursive
+ installdirs-am:
+@@ -3805,7 +3805,7 @@ install-html-am: $(HTMLS)
+ 	done; }
+ install-info: install-info-recursive
+ 
+-install-info-am: $(INFO_DEPS)
++install-info-am:
+ 	@$(NORMAL_INSTALL)
+ 	@srcdirstrip=`echo "$(srcdir)" | sed 's|.|.|g'`; \
+ 	list='$(INFO_DEPS)'; test -n "$(infodir)" || list=; \
diff --git a/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-lib_Makefile_in b/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-lib_Makefile_in
deleted file mode 100644
index 48a47788650..00000000000
--- a/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-lib_Makefile_in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-lib_Makefile_in,v 1.2 2012/12/25 01:29:54 brad Exp $
-
-No need to install charset.alias: an identical file is already
-provided by libiconv.
-
---- lib/Makefile.in.orig	Sat Dec 22 09:21:10 2012
-+++ lib/Makefile.in	Sun Dec 23 16:39:35 2012
-@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ install-exec-localcharset: all-local
- 	  case '$(host_os)' in \
- 	    darwin[56]*) \
- 	      need_charset_alias=true ;; \
--	    darwin* | cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*) \
-+	    darwin* | cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc* | openbsd*) \
- 	      need_charset_alias=false ;; \
- 	    *) \
- 	      need_charset_alias=true ;; \
diff --git a/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-lib_regex_internal_h b/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-lib_regex_internal_h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6005d9d2671..00000000000
--- a/textproc/gsed/patches/patch-lib_regex_internal_h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-$OpenBSD: patch-lib_regex_internal_h,v 1.3 2012/12/25 01:29:54 brad Exp $
---- lib/regex_internal.h.orig	Sat Dec 22 08:21:52 2012
-+++ lib/regex_internal.h	Sun Dec 23 16:39:35 2012
-@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ static unsigned int re_string_context_at (const re_str
- #define re_string_skip_bytes(pstr,idx) ((pstr)->cur_idx += (idx))
- #define re_string_set_index(pstr,idx) ((pstr)->cur_idx = (idx))
- 
--#include <alloca.h>
- 
- #ifndef _LIBC
- # if HAVE_ALLOCA
diff --git a/textproc/gsed/pkg/PLIST b/textproc/gsed/pkg/PLIST
index a0895496115..76ae26ba33b 100644
--- a/textproc/gsed/pkg/PLIST
+++ b/textproc/gsed/pkg/PLIST
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.3 2012/12/25 01:29:54 brad Exp $
+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.4 2020/01/23 00:36:27 bcallah Exp $
 @bin bin/gsed
 @info info/sed.info
 @man man/man1/gsed.1
 share/locale/af/
 share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/
 share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/sed.mo
-share/locale/ast/
-share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/
 share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/sed.mo
+share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/sed.mo
 share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/sed.mo
 share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/sed.mo
 share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/sed.mo