diff --git a/www/gitea/Makefile b/www/gitea/Makefile
index d8d6a06e4a5c..7fb569c13380 100644
--- a/www/gitea/Makefile
+++ b/www/gitea/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 PORTNAME=	gitea
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	1.9.3
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	www
 
 MAINTAINER=	stb@lassitu.de
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	go-gitea
 USE_RC_SUBR=	gitea
 
-GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-tags "${GO_TAGS}"
+GO_BUILDFLAGS=	-tags "${GO_TAGS}" -ldflags '-X "main.Version=${PORTVERSION}"'
 
 SUB_FILES+=	app.ini.sample
 SUB_LIST+=	GITUSER=${USERS}
@@ -47,15 +48,6 @@ DAEMONARGS=	-f
 
 SUB_LIST+=	DAEMONARGS="${DAEMONARGS}"
 
-post-patch:
-	# Gitea releases don't supply the release version number; the
-	# automatic method to obtain the version number in the Gitea build
-	# system only works when sources are checked out from git.
-	# See https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/1136#issuecomment-311622745
-	@${SED} -Ei .orig \
-		-e 's#^(var Version = )"[^"]+"#\1"${PORTVERSION}"#' \
-		${GO_WRKSRC}/main.go
-
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${GO_WRKDIR_BIN}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/sbin
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${ETCDIR}/conf