diff --git a/textproc/silvercity/Makefile b/textproc/silvercity/Makefile
index 44bc800c8e89..3558db437c79 100644
--- a/textproc/silvercity/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/silvercity/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	silvercity
-PORTVERSION=	0.9.5
+PORTVERSION=	0.9.6
 CATEGORIES=	textproc
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_SOURCEFORGE}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	${PORTNAME}
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ COMMENT=	A lexing package for over 20 programming and markup langauges
 
 USE_PYTHON=	yes
 USE_PYDISTUTILS=	yes
-USE_REINPLACE=	yes
-
-# convert scripts EOL from DOS to NIX
-post-extract:
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's,
$$,,' ${WRKSRC}/PySilverCity/Scripts/*.py
+USE_DOS2UNIX=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/textproc/silvercity/distinfo b/textproc/silvercity/distinfo
index 6941fb14fddb..403c65644dd6 100644
--- a/textproc/silvercity/distinfo
+++ b/textproc/silvercity/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (SilverCity-0.9.5.tar.gz) = 69fe2e02ffda4988ebcd4f1b42184a97
-SHA256 (SilverCity-0.9.5.tar.gz) = 474081fa0a126624d20549a219726b31ecde7eeee3f62bfcb73707dadf1d4623
-SIZE (SilverCity-0.9.5.tar.gz) = 185935
+MD5 (SilverCity-0.9.6.tar.gz) = 65f2fba68f25997d46e234e1d40af304
+SHA256 (SilverCity-0.9.6.tar.gz) = 545f30a59e03d20d4d9a6d5f06050b1e14248d5685c7145a08cbeec11f10668b
+SIZE (SilverCity-0.9.6.tar.gz) = 267620