diff --git a/misc/libcpucycles/Makefile b/misc/libcpucycles/Makefile
index 1ac17ea1b82..076447e29d9 100644
--- a/misc/libcpucycles/Makefile
+++ b/misc/libcpucycles/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 COMMENT=		library for counting CPU cycles
 
-V=			20250925
+V=			20260105
 DISTNAME=		libcpucycles-${V}
 SHARED_LIBS+=		cpucycles	0.0	# 1.0
 CATEGORIES=		misc
@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--prefix="${WRKINST}${PREFIX}" \
 			--soversion="${LIBcpucycles_VERSION}"
 ALL_TARGET=
 MAKE_FLAGS+=		LIBcpucycles_VERSION=${LIBcpucycles_VERSION}
+FAKE_FLAGS=		DESTDIR=
+
+# just pokes at linux procfs/sysfs
+post-install:
+	rm ${PREFIX}/bin/cpucycles-open \
+		${PREFIX}/man/man1/cpucycles-open.1
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/misc/libcpucycles/distinfo b/misc/libcpucycles/distinfo
index 5e75a43caf2..974f35ff38a 100644
--- a/misc/libcpucycles/distinfo
+++ b/misc/libcpucycles/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (libcpucycles-20250925.tar.gz) = YjE9Qq1aPL2NQan7cIjtwyjvSZ1Cbh8ZFhIzHQ/L4wE=
-SIZE (libcpucycles-20250925.tar.gz) = 48447
+SHA256 (libcpucycles-20260105.tar.gz) = 6H3KqijpBbV0zPPUniPgXHPts/mRNtzVZryhaCmrZpQ=
+SIZE (libcpucycles-20260105.tar.gz) = 58997
diff --git a/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_fix_soname b/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_fix_soname
index 2c86167f566..b2b8d614b8b 100644
--- a/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_fix_soname
+++ b/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_fix_soname
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Fix library soname.
 Index: configure
 --- configure.orig
 +++ configure
-@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
+@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import tempfile
  prefix = '/usr/local'
  clean = True
  darwin = platform.system() == 'Darwin'
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Index: configure
  
  def hostsanitize(host):
    host = host.split('-')[0]
-@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@
+@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@ for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
    if arg.startswith('--host='):
      host = hostsanitize(arg[7:])
      continue
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ Index: configure
    if arg == '--clean':
      clean = True
      continue
-@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@
+@@ -68,6 +72,7 @@ for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
  echoargs = './configure'
  echoargs += ' --prefix=%s' % prefix
  echoargs += ' --host=%s' % host
 +echoargs += ' --soversion=%s' % soversion
  if clean: echoargs += ' --clean'
- if not clean: echoargs += ' --noclean'
+ if not clean: echoargs += ' --no-clean'
  if darwin: echoargs += ' --darwin'
-@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@
+@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ dirlinksym('build/%s/scripts'%host,'install','../src/s
  # ----- shared-library variations
  
  so = 'dylib' if darwin else 'so'
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Index: configure
  soname = 'install_name' if darwin else 'soname'
  syslibs = '-lm' if darwin else '-lm -lrt'
  
-@@ -245,17 +250,11 @@
+@@ -258,17 +263,11 @@ with open('build/%s/scripts/sharedlib' % host,'w') as 
    f.write(f'chmod 644 package/lib/libcpucycles.{so1}\n')
  os.chmod('build/%s/scripts/sharedlib' % host,0o755)
  
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Index: configure
  # ----- command
  
  os.makedirs('build/%s/command'%host)
-@@ -284,8 +283,8 @@
+@@ -308,8 +307,8 @@ for fn in sorted(os.listdir('command')):
    M += '\tscripts/compiledefault command %s c -I include\n' % base
    M += '\n'
    makefile = M + makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Index: configure
    M += '\n'
    makefile = M + makefile
    commands += ['package/bin/%s' % base]
-@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@
+@@ -327,7 +326,7 @@ makefile = M + makefile
  
  # ----- make default
  
diff --git a/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_remove_librt b/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_remove_librt
index 7a19a8de4b8..6eef10d5f17 100644
--- a/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_remove_librt
+++ b/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_remove_librt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ OpenBSD neither provides nor requires librt.
 Index: configure
 --- configure.orig
 +++ configure
-@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
+@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ dirlinksym('build/%s/scripts'%host,'install','../src/s
  so = 'dylib' if darwin else 'so'
- so1 = soversion
+ so1 = f'so.{soversion}'
  soname = 'install_name' if darwin else 'soname'
 -syslibs = '-lm' if darwin else '-lm -lrt'
 +syslibs = '-lm'
diff --git a/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_translate_host_arch b/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_translate_host_arch
index 2772f657033..6657adbbda0 100644
--- a/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_translate_host_arch
+++ b/misc/libcpucycles/patches/patch-configure_translate_host_arch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Index: configure
 +++ configure
 @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ def hostsanitize(host):
      ('amd64','amd64'), ('x86_64','amd64'),
-     ('x86','x86'), ('i386','x86'), ('i686','x86'),
+     ('x86','x86'), ('i386','x86'), ('i486','x86'), ('i586','x86'), ('i686','x86'),
      ('arm64','arm64'), ('armv8','arm64'), ('aarch64','arm64'),
 +    ('armv7','arm32'),
      ('arm','arm32'),