diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/Makefile b/multimedia/vlc/Makefile
index 9938118fb838..44c8de470f5b 100644
--- a/multimedia/vlc/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/vlc/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	vlc
-DISTVERSION=	2.2.4
-PORTREVISION=	14
+DISTVERSION=	2.2.5.1
 PORTEPOCH=	4
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia audio ipv6 net www
 MASTER_SITES=	http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/${PORTNAME}/${DISTVERSION:S/a$//}/ \
diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/distinfo b/multimedia/vlc/distinfo
index 07b00df8df17..32d2f1cc32fe 100644
--- a/multimedia/vlc/distinfo
+++ b/multimedia/vlc/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1465555959
-SHA256 (vlc-2.2.4.tar.xz) = 1632e91d2a0087e0ef4c3fb4c95c3c2890f7715a9d1d43ffd46329f428cf53be
-SIZE (vlc-2.2.4.tar.xz) = 22199316
+TIMESTAMP = 1494659367
+SHA256 (vlc-2.2.5.1.tar.xz) = b28b8a28f578c0c6cb1ebed293aca2a3cd368906cf777d1ab599e2784ddda1cc
+SIZE (vlc-2.2.5.1.tar.xz) = 21946020
diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/files/patch-share-Makefile.in b/multimedia/vlc/files/patch-share-Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 8043317ecd82..000000000000
--- a/multimedia/vlc/files/patch-share-Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- share/Makefile.in.orig
-+++ share/Makefile.in
-@@ -1699,7 +1699,7 @@ skins2/default.vlt: $(skins2_default_vlt
- 	mkdir -p skins2
- 	(cd "$(srcdir)/skins2"; find default -print0 | \
- 		LC_ALL=C sort -z | \
--		tar cvv --exclude .svn --no-recursion --null -T -) | \
-+		tar cvvf - --exclude .svn --no-recursion --null -T -) | \
- 	gzip -n > skins2/default.vlt
- 
- .lua.luac:
diff --git a/multimedia/vlc/files/patch-share_Makefile.in b/multimedia/vlc/files/patch-share_Makefile.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0297f5f6085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/vlc/files/patch-share_Makefile.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- share/Makefile.in.orig	2017-04-06 14:40:37 UTC
++++ share/Makefile.in
+@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ skins2/default.vlt: $(skins2_default_vlt
+ 	$(AM_V_at)rm -f -- skins2/default.vlt.tmp
+ 	$(AM_V_GEN)GZIP=--no-name \
+ 	tar cvvzf skins2/default.vlt.tmp \
+-		--owner=root --group=root --directory="$(srcdir)/skins2" \
++		--directory="$(srcdir)/skins2" \
+ 		default/
+ 	$(AM_V_at)mv -f -- skins2/default.vlt.tmp skins2/default.vlt
+