diff --git a/main/recode/.checksums b/main/recode/.checksums
index 46d18a1ec..dfec52837 100644
--- a/main/recode/.checksums
+++ b/main/recode/.checksums
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-c6acfb0f7967a6a03ac52a5438d4b7e6  recode-3.7.13-no-help2man.patch
-fe0293805bc8910511fc6df25a3294b5  recode-3.7.13.tar.gz
+d88b41fd27549123a0822e5a3fae98a8  recode-3.7.14.tar.gz
diff --git a/main/recode/.pkgfiles b/main/recode/.pkgfiles
index 7732394c6..b7bbe0042 100644
--- a/main/recode/.pkgfiles
+++ b/main/recode/.pkgfiles
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-recode-3.7.13-1
+recode-3.7.14-1
 drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/
 drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/bin/
 -rwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/bin/recode
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/include/
 -rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/include/recodext.h
 drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/lib/librecode.a
-lrwxrwxrwx root/root    usr/lib/librecode.so -> librecode.so.3.7.13
-lrwxrwxrwx root/root    usr/lib/librecode.so.3 -> librecode.so.3.7.13
--rwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/lib/librecode.so.3.7.13
+lrwxrwxrwx root/root    usr/lib/librecode.so -> librecode.so.3.7.14
+lrwxrwxrwx root/root    usr/lib/librecode.so.3 -> librecode.so.3.7.14
+-rwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/lib/librecode.so.3.7.14
 drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/share/
 drwxr-xr-x root/root    usr/share/info/
 -rw-r--r-- root/root    usr/share/info/recode.info.gz
diff --git a/main/recode/recode-3.7.13-no-help2man.patch b/main/recode/recode-3.7.13-no-help2man.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc493d429..000000000
--- a/main/recode/recode-3.7.13-no-help2man.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-https://bugs.gentoo.org/890256
-https://github.com/rrthomas/recode/commit/dcdd5d26c0c2c49f8113b63186449d6a1e3a509e
-
-From dcdd5d26c0c2c49f8113b63186449d6a1e3a509e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
-Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 20:11:03 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] src/Makefile.am: allow build without help2man
-
---- a/src/Makefile.am
-+++ b/src/Makefile.am
-@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnits
- bin_PROGRAMS = recode
- lib_LTLIBRARIES = librecode.la
- noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libmerged.la
--man_MANS = recode.1
-+dist_man_MANS = recode.1
- include_HEADERS = recode.h recodext.h
- 
- H_STEPS = common.h decsteps.h inisteps.h tersteps.h \
-@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ merged.c: mergelex.py $(L_STEPS)
- # Depend on recode$(EXEEXT) rather than explicitly make-ing it, as otherwise
- # we break parallel builds, as libmerged.la can be built twice in parallel,
- # which can fail.
--recode.1: main.c $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac recode$(EXEEXT)
-+recode.1: main.c $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
- ## Exit gracefully if recode.1 is not writeable, such as during distcheck!
- 	$(AM_V_GEN)if ( touch $@.w && rm -f $@.w; ) >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
- 	  $(top_srcdir)/build-aux/missing --run $(HELP2MAN) --locale=en_US.UTF-8 \
- 		--name="converts files between character sets" \
--		--output=$@ ./recode; \
-+		--output=$@ ./recode$(EXEEXT); \
- 	fi
- 
- main.o: main.c ../config.status
-@@ -169,5 +169,3 @@ strip-pool.c strip-data.c: stamp-strip
- stamp-strip: ../tables.py $(MNEMONICS_DS) $(CHARSETS_DEF)
- 	$(TABLES_PY) -C $(srcdir) -p $(MNEMONICS_DS) $(CHARSETS_DEF)
- 	@echo timestamp > $(srcdir)/$@
--
--DISTCLEANFILES = recode.1
---- a/tests/Makefile.am
-+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- # Makefile for Recode regression tests.
--# Copyright © 1996-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+# Copyright © 1996-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- # François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>, 1988.
- 
- # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-
diff --git a/main/recode/spkgbuild b/main/recode/spkgbuild
index 1290c8c4c..ccb6c8608 100644
--- a/main/recode/spkgbuild
+++ b/main/recode/spkgbuild
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@
 # depends	: python3
 
 name=recode
-version=3.7.13
+version=3.7.14
 release=1
-source="https://github.com/rrthomas/recode/releases/download/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz
-	recode-3.7.13-no-help2man.patch"
+source="https://github.com/rrthomas/recode/releases/download/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz"
 
 build() {
 	cd $name-$version
 
-	patch -Np1 -i $SRC/recode-3.7.13-no-help2man.patch
-
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--mandir=/usr/share/man \