diff --git a/mail/dbmail/Makefile b/mail/dbmail/Makefile
index 2e13d873ac54..2d77515594cb 100644
--- a/mail/dbmail/Makefile
+++ b/mail/dbmail/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	dbmail
-PORTVERSION=	3.1.15
-PORTREVISION=	3
+PORTVERSION=	3.1.17
 CATEGORIES=	mail
 MASTER_SITES=	http://git.dbmail.eu/paul/dbmail/snapshot/
 
diff --git a/mail/dbmail/distinfo b/mail/dbmail/distinfo
index bbbdb25b836a..21f13b81dd7c 100644
--- a/mail/dbmail/distinfo
+++ b/mail/dbmail/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (dbmail-3.1.15.tar.bz2) = 08e67c0b2cd81c862c06d11f06cec9e252f249fa56703d14a25adff375c6d107
-SIZE (dbmail-3.1.15.tar.bz2) = 2248627
+SHA256 (dbmail-3.1.17.tar.bz2) = d5cb070d1e042b51aa324b9c54de129189b65ec79aa227eecbf5d052aa318432
+SIZE (dbmail-3.1.17.tar.bz2) = 2238540
diff --git a/mail/dbmail/files/patch-acinclude.m4 b/mail/dbmail/files/patch-acinclude.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index f4333658a12f..000000000000
--- a/mail/dbmail/files/patch-acinclude.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
---- acinclude.m4.orig	2013-05-31 14:03:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ acinclude.m4	2013-05-31 14:45:49.000000000 +0100
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
-  SOCKETS:                   $SOCKETLIB
-  MATH:                      $MATHLIB
-  MHASH:                     $MHASHLIB
-- LIBEVENT:                  $EVENTLIB
-+ LIBEVENT:                  $ac_event_libs
-  OPENSSL:                   $SSLLIB
-  ZDB:                       $ZDBLIB
-  JEMALLOC:                  $JEMALLOCLIB
-@@ -342,13 +342,40 @@
- 	fi
- ])
- 
--AC_DEFUN([DM_CHECK_EVENT], [
--	AC_CHECK_HEADERS([event.h], [EVENTLIB="-levent_pthreads -levent"],[EVENTLIB="failed"], [#include <event2/event.h>])
--	if test [ "x$EVENTLIB" = "xfailed" ]; then
--		AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find EVENT library.])
--	else
--		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $EVENTLIB"
-+AC_DEFUN([DM_CHECK_EVENT], [dnl
-+AC_PATH_PROG(eventconfig,pkg-config)
-+if test [ -z "$eventconfig" ]
-+then
-+	AC_MSG_ERROR([pkg-config executable not found. Make sure pkg-config is in your path])
-+else
-+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([Event headers])
-+	ac_event_cflags=`${eventconfig} --cflags libevent_pthreads`
-+	if test -z "$ac_event_cflags"
-+	then
-+		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to locate event development files])
-+	fi
-+ 
-+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $ac_event_cflags"
-+	AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_event_cflags])
-+        AC_MSG_CHECKING([Event libraries])
-+	ac_event_libs=`${eventconfig} --libs libevent_pthreads`
-+	if test -z "$ac_event_libs"
-+	then
-+		AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
-+		AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to locate event libaries])
- 	fi
-+ 	ac_event_minvers="2.0"
-+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([Event version >= $ac_event_minvers])
-+	ac_event_vers=`${eventconfig}  --atleast-version=$ac_event_minvers libevent_pthreads>/dev/null && echo yes`
-+	if test -z "$ac_event_vers"
-+	then
-+		AC_MSG_ERROR([At least Event version $ac_event_minvers is required.])
-+	fi
-+
-+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $ac_event_libs"
-+        AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_event_libs])
-+fi
- ])
- 
- AC_DEFUN([DM_CHECK_SSL], [
diff --git a/mail/dbmail/files/patch-src_dbmail.h.in b/mail/dbmail/files/patch-src_dbmail.h.in
index 73a507e58d88..084ae434334d 100644
--- a/mail/dbmail/files/patch-src_dbmail.h.in
+++ b/mail/dbmail/files/patch-src_dbmail.h.in
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 --- src/dbmail.h.in.orig
 +++ src/dbmail.h.in
-@@ -83,8 +83,14 @@
- #include <mhash.h>
- #include <sys/queue.h>
- #include <event2/event.h>
-+#include <event2/event_compat.h>
- #include <event2/thread.h>
--#include <evhttp.h>
-+#include <event2/http.h>
-+#include <event2/http_struct.h>
-+#include <event2/http_compat.h>
-+#include <event2/buffer.h>
-+#include <event2/buffer_compat.h>
-+#include <event2/keyvalq_struct.h>
- #include <math.h>
- #include <openssl/ssl.h>
- 
 @@ -154,6 +160,11 @@
  #include <endian.h>
  #endif