diff --git a/graphics/lcms2/Makefile b/graphics/lcms2/Makefile
index 209e79e6f136..fd4b0541b3db 100644
--- a/graphics/lcms2/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/lcms2/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	lcms2
-PORTVERSION=	2.7
-PORTREVISION=	2
+PORTVERSION=	2.8
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	SF/lcms/lcms/${PORTVERSION} \
 		http://www.littlecms.com/ \
diff --git a/graphics/lcms2/distinfo b/graphics/lcms2/distinfo
index e218e4b2002e..4e3a2c6c35b9 100644
--- a/graphics/lcms2/distinfo
+++ b/graphics/lcms2/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (lcms2-2.7.tar.gz) = 4524234ae7de185e6b6da5d31d6875085b2198bc63b1211f7dde6e2d197d6a53
-SIZE (lcms2-2.7.tar.gz) = 6497867
+TIMESTAMP = 1479482600
+SHA256 (lcms2-2.8.tar.gz) = 66d02b229d2ea9474e62c2b6cd6720fde946155cd1d0d2bffdab829790a0fb22
+SIZE (lcms2-2.8.tar.gz) = 6687005
diff --git a/graphics/lcms2/files/patch-src-cmsnamed.c b/graphics/lcms2/files/patch-src-cmsnamed.c
deleted file mode 100644
index ed14a2c00dde..000000000000
--- a/graphics/lcms2/files/patch-src-cmsnamed.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
---- src/cmsnamed.c.orig	2015-03-17 11:19:51 UTC
-+++ src/cmsnamed.c
-@@ -185,8 +185,19 @@ cmsBool CMSEXPORT cmsMLUsetASCII(cmsMLU*
-     cmsUInt32Number i, len = (cmsUInt32Number) strlen(ASCIIString)+1;
-     wchar_t* WStr;
-     cmsBool  rc;
--    cmsUInt16Number Lang  = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) LanguageCode);
--    cmsUInt16Number Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) CountryCode);
-+    union {
-+        cmsUInt16Number uint16;
-+        char str[2];
-+    } code_convert;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Lang;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Cntry;
-+
-+    code_convert.str[0] = LanguageCode[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = LanguageCode[1];
-+    Lang = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+    code_convert.str[0] = CountryCode[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = CountryCode[1];
-+    Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
- 
-     if (mlu == NULL) return FALSE;
- 
-@@ -220,10 +231,22 @@ cmsUInt32Number mywcslen(const wchar_t *
- // Add a wide entry
- cmsBool  CMSEXPORT cmsMLUsetWide(cmsMLU* mlu, const char Language[3], const char Country[3], const wchar_t* WideString)
- {
--    cmsUInt16Number Lang  = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) Language);
--    cmsUInt16Number Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) Country);
-     cmsUInt32Number len;
- 
-+    union {
-+        cmsUInt16Number uint16;
-+        char str[2];
-+    } code_convert;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Lang;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Cntry;
-+
-+    code_convert.str[0] = Language[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = Language[1];
-+    Lang = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+    code_convert.str[0] = Country[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = Country[1];
-+    Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+
-     if (mlu == NULL) return FALSE;
-     if (WideString == NULL) return FALSE;
- 
-@@ -350,8 +373,19 @@ cmsUInt32Number CMSEXPORT cmsMLUgetASCII
-     cmsUInt32Number  StrLen = 0;
-     cmsUInt32Number ASCIIlen, i;
- 
--    cmsUInt16Number Lang  = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) LanguageCode);
--    cmsUInt16Number Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) CountryCode);
-+    union {
-+        cmsUInt16Number uint16;
-+        char str[2];
-+    } code_convert;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Lang;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Cntry;
-+
-+    code_convert.str[0] = LanguageCode[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = LanguageCode[1];
-+    Lang = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+    code_convert.str[0] = CountryCode[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = CountryCode[1];
-+    Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
- 
-     // Sanitize
-     if (mlu == NULL) return 0;
-@@ -394,8 +428,19 @@ cmsUInt32Number CMSEXPORT cmsMLUgetWide(
-     const wchar_t *Wide;
-     cmsUInt32Number  StrLen = 0;
- 
--    cmsUInt16Number Lang  = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) LanguageCode);
--    cmsUInt16Number Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) CountryCode);
-+    union {
-+        cmsUInt16Number uint16;
-+        char str[2];
-+    } code_convert;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Lang;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Cntry;
-+
-+    code_convert.str[0] = LanguageCode[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = LanguageCode[1];
-+    Lang = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+    code_convert.str[0] = CountryCode[0];
-+    code_convert.str[1] = CountryCode[1];
-+    Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
- 
-     // Sanitize
-     if (mlu == NULL) return 0;
-@@ -427,10 +472,20 @@ CMSAPI cmsBool CMSEXPORT cmsMLUgetTransl
- {
-     const wchar_t *Wide;
- 
--    cmsUInt16Number Lang  = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) LanguageCode);
--    cmsUInt16Number Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(*(cmsUInt16Number*) CountryCode);
-     cmsUInt16Number ObtLang, ObtCode;
- 
-+    union {
-+        cmsUInt16Number uint16;
-+        char str[3];
-+    } code_convert;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Lang;
-+    cmsUInt16Number Cntry;
-+
-+    strcpy(code_convert.str, LanguageCode);
-+    Lang = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+    strcpy(code_convert.str, CountryCode);
-+    Cntry = _cmsAdjustEndianess16(code_convert.uint16);
-+
-     // Sanitize
-     if (mlu == NULL) return FALSE;
-