diff --git a/accessibility/gail/Makefile b/accessibility/gail/Makefile
index 5d6be27a6e99..393a2ecf1b0e 100644
--- a/accessibility/gail/Makefile
+++ b/accessibility/gail/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	gail
-PORTVERSION=	1.8.7
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.8.8
 CATEGORIES=	accessibility x11-toolkits
 MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_GNOME}
 MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR=	sources/${PORTNAME}/1.8
diff --git a/accessibility/gail/distinfo b/accessibility/gail/distinfo
index f9c1c5423a6d..00acaee4d8af 100644
--- a/accessibility/gail/distinfo
+++ b/accessibility/gail/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-MD5 (gnome2/gail-1.8.7.tar.bz2) = 485f35ef12059168d4373fab0f823543
-SHA256 (gnome2/gail-1.8.7.tar.bz2) = f73f51d02b33794b00ad848373062b7347e06e29eea3cb5450093448e87adf21
-SIZE (gnome2/gail-1.8.7.tar.bz2) = 580278
+MD5 (gnome2/gail-1.8.8.tar.bz2) = 9fd96f8f702b46c328329468632c0729
+SHA256 (gnome2/gail-1.8.8.tar.bz2) = 9c52b741e4c68b4a5c464679f9104650a21d848dc2a93de8513176e22787cc85
+SIZE (gnome2/gail-1.8.8.tar.bz2) = 582099
diff --git a/accessibility/gail/files/patch-gail_gailtreeview.c b/accessibility/gail/files/patch-gail_gailtreeview.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d1cd41e1b93..000000000000
--- a/accessibility/gail/files/patch-gail_gailtreeview.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
---- gail/gailtreeview.c.orig	Tue Nov 22 19:01:37 2005
-+++ gail/gailtreeview.c	Fri Nov 25 07:12:33 2005
-@@ -678,7 +678,9 @@
- {
-   GailTreeView *view = GAIL_TREE_VIEW (object);
- 
--  /* remove anyg idle handlers still pending */
-+  clear_cached_data (view);
-+
-+  /* remove any idle handlers still pending */
-   if (view->idle_garbage_collect_id)
-       g_source_remove (view->idle_garbage_collect_id);
- 
-@@ -692,8 +694,6 @@
-   if (view->tree_model)
-     disconnect_model_signals (view);
- 
--  clear_cached_data (view);
--
-   if (view->col_data)
-     {
-       GArray *array = view->col_data;
-@@ -3295,8 +3295,10 @@
-   GtkTreeIter new_iter;
-   gboolean row_expanded;
- 
--  if (increment == row)
-+  if (increment == row) {
-+    gtk_tree_path_free (current_path);
-     return iter;
-+  }
- 
-   row_expanded = gtk_tree_view_row_expanded (tree_view, current_path);
-   gtk_tree_path_free (current_path);
-@@ -3574,7 +3576,7 @@
- 
-       g_assert (GAIL_IS_TREE_VIEW (data));
-       tree_view = (GailTreeView *)data;
--      temp_list = tree_view->cell_data;
-+      temp_list = g_list_copy (tree_view->cell_data);
- 
-       tree_view->garbage_collection_pending = FALSE;
-       tree_view->idle_garbage_collect_id = 0;
-@@ -3586,14 +3588,15 @@
- 	  if (!cell_info->in_use)
- 	  {
- 	      /* g_object_unref (cell_info->cell); */
--	      tree_view->cell_data = g_list_remove_link (tree_view->cell_data, 
--							 temp_list);
-+	      tree_view->cell_data = g_list_remove (tree_view->cell_data, 
-+						    cell_info);
- 	      if (cell_info->cell_row_ref)
- 		  gtk_tree_row_reference_free (cell_info->cell_row_ref);
- 	      g_free (cell_info);
- 	  }
-           temp_list = temp_list->next;
-       }
-+      g_list_free (temp_list);
-       
-       return tree_view->garbage_collection_pending;
- }
-@@ -3989,7 +3992,8 @@
-       g_assert (GAIL_IS_TREE_VIEW (cell_info->view));
-       if (!cell_info->view->garbage_collection_pending) {
- 	  cell_info->view->garbage_collection_pending = TRUE;
--	  g_idle_add (garbage_collect_cell_data, cell_info->view);
-+	  cell_info->view->idle_garbage_collect_id =
-+	    g_idle_add (garbage_collect_cell_data, cell_info->view);
-       }
-   }
- }