diff --git a/games/openyahtzee/Makefile b/games/openyahtzee/Makefile
index a83fe2e5b1d9..97b257052692 100644
--- a/games/openyahtzee/Makefile
+++ b/games/openyahtzee/Makefile
@@ -6,24 +6,20 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	openyahtzee
-PORTVERSION=	1.8.1
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	1.9
 CATEGORIES=	games
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/${PORTNAME}/Open%20Yahtzee/Open%20Yahtzee%20${PORTVERSION}
 
 MAINTAINER=	ports@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Full-featured classic dice game Yahtzee
 
+USE_BZIP2=	yes
+USE_WX=		2.8+
+WX_CONF_ARGS=	absolute
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-USE_WX=		yes
-USE_SQLITE=	yes
+CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+
 CPPFLAGS=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include
 LDFLAGS=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib
-CONFIGURE_ENV=	CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" MISSING="${TRUE} "
-
-post-patch:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|wx-config|${WX_CONFIG}|' ${WRKSRC}/Makefile.in\
-		${WRKSRC}/src/Makefile.in
-#	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/am_missing_run=/s|=.*|="${TRUE} "|' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/games/openyahtzee/distinfo b/games/openyahtzee/distinfo
index 5ba09f9cc91f..bfe3238bf823 100644
--- a/games/openyahtzee/distinfo
+++ b/games/openyahtzee/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (openyahtzee-1.8.1.tar.gz) = d5dbdbd28f30e312068ace6550f04358
-SHA256 (openyahtzee-1.8.1.tar.gz) = e4554611ec1ed057309ba95d838e1498673df97f337ab84ee8f31535231ecb15
-SIZE (openyahtzee-1.8.1.tar.gz) = 382141
+MD5 (openyahtzee-1.9.tar.bz2) = c29ad118d58c283e3163ce219ee12ff9
+SHA256 (openyahtzee-1.9.tar.bz2) = 9d923dc14906aed39d9fa9d9c40eaa2d977d2d8aadae85836e7412712c93d8e1
+SIZE (openyahtzee-1.9.tar.bz2) = 850969
diff --git a/games/openyahtzee/pkg-descr b/games/openyahtzee/pkg-descr
index 883c8460a024..6fddb9a91531 100644
--- a/games/openyahtzee/pkg-descr
+++ b/games/openyahtzee/pkg-descr
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ it on many kinds of different operating systems and platforms. The
 portability is mainly achived via wxWidgets which also gives Open
 Yahtzee a native look on each platform.
 
-WWW: http://openyahtzee.sourceforge.net/
-Author: Guy Rutenberg <guy+openyahtzee@sikumuna.co.il>
+WWW: http://www.openyahtzee.org/