diff --git a/math/octave-forge-optim/Makefile b/math/octave-forge-optim/Makefile
index 194949d113de..851a470d9762 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-optim/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave-forge-optim/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	octave-forge-optim
-PORTVERSION=	1.3.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.0
 CATEGORIES=	math
 
 MAINTAINER=	stephen@FreeBSD.org
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ OCTSRC=		${DISTNAME}
 
 WRKSRC=		${WRKDIR}/${OCTSRC}/src
 
-RUN_DEPENDS+=	${TARBALLS_DIR}/miscellaneous.tar.gz:${PORTSDIR}/math/octave-forge-miscellaneous
 RUN_DEPENDS+=	${TARBALLS_DIR}/struct.tar.gz:${PORTSDIR}/math/octave-forge-struct
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../../Mk/bsd.octave.mk"
diff --git a/math/octave-forge-optim/distinfo b/math/octave-forge-optim/distinfo
index c4d8744b2dbc..160eda3c1ddd 100644
--- a/math/octave-forge-optim/distinfo
+++ b/math/octave-forge-optim/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (octave-forge/optim-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 1f4e8be71b58b6711b829166925c04c1d427e3c11b822871c00ef0cdbf4d2d90
-SIZE (octave-forge/optim-1.3.1.tar.gz) = 195740
+SHA256 (octave-forge/optim-1.4.0.tar.gz) = ad275e01e851979167a7fd1c5b17f59a8888d7e3d90acab42e3483e54e88bda6
+SIZE (octave-forge/optim-1.4.0.tar.gz) = 364995