diff --git a/textproc/supercat/Makefile b/textproc/supercat/Makefile
index 39f6f318cf3c..86721db0f065 100644
--- a/textproc/supercat/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/supercat/Makefile
@@ -2,19 +2,14 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	supercat
-PORTVERSION=	0.5.5
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.5.6
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	http://supercat.nosredna.net/
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Regexp-based text colorizer with ASCII/HTML output
 
+CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-system-directory=${ETCDIR}
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-PORT_VERBS=	${PORTNAME} spc
-
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/etc/supercat|${ETCDIR}|' ${WRKSRC}/configure
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|c:C:dDhmnrt:vS|&Rw|' ${WRKSRC}/src/spc.c
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/supercat/distinfo b/textproc/supercat/distinfo
index c0afb42c4058..49533f160db7 100644
--- a/textproc/supercat/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/supercat/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (supercat-0.5.5.tar.gz) = c49bd0b72509a166fb8686c999169b2c970595bc565d0b0379a01323657c01bf
-SIZE (supercat-0.5.5.tar.gz) = 103545
+TIMESTAMP = 1483361449
+SHA256 (supercat-0.5.6.tar.gz) = 0b2052237acc7754094caca4ed85f7e9fa55139f801de2f210c328ead7a33211
+SIZE (supercat-0.5.6.tar.gz) = 150193