diff --git a/Meta/lint-ports.py b/Meta/lint-ports.py
index 18d71f323db..8427991216a 100755
--- a/Meta/lint-ports.py
+++ b/Meta/lint-ports.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ PORTS_MISSING_DESCRIPTIONS = {
     'freeciv',
     'freedink',
     'freetype',
-    'gawk',
     'gcc',
     'genemu',
     'gettext',
diff --git a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
index c67a0269d80..dd75361fb14 100644
--- a/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
+++ b/Ports/AvailablePorts.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Please make sure to keep this list up to date when adding and updating ports. :^
 | [`freedink`](freedink/)                | FreeDink                                                        | 109.6                    | https://www.gnu.org/software/freedink/                                         |
 | [`freetype`](freetype/)                | FreeType                                                        | 2.12.0                   | https://www.freetype.org/                                                      |
 | [`frotz`](frotz/)                      | Frotz                                                           | 2.53                     | https://gitlab.com/DavidGriffith/frotz                                         |
-| [`gawk`](gawk/)                        | GNU awk                                                         | 5.1.0                    | https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/                                             |
+| [`gawk`](gawk/)                        | GNU awk                                                         | 5.1.1                    | https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/                                             |
 | [`gdb`](gdb/)                          | GNU Project Debugger                                            | 11.2                     | https://sourceware.org/gdb                                                     |
 | [`gcc`](gcc/)                          | GNU Compiler Collection                                         | 11.2.0                   | https://gcc.gnu.org/                                                           |
 | [`genemu`](genemu/)                    | Genesis / MegaDrive Emulator                                    | 3bf6f7c                  | https://github.com/rasky/genemu                                                |
diff --git a/Ports/gawk/package.sh b/Ports/gawk/package.sh
index c948f94c149..0e9dfce3ee0 100755
--- a/Ports/gawk/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/gawk/package.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env -S bash ../.port_include.sh
 port=gawk
-version=5.1.0
+version=5.1.1
 useconfigure="true"
-use_fresh_config_sub=true
 files="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-${version}.tar.gz gawk-${version}.tar.gz
 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-${version}.tar.gz.sig gawk-${version}.tar.gz.sig
 https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-keyring.gpg gnu-keyring.gpg"
diff --git a/Ports/gawk/patches/configure.patch b/Ports/gawk/patches/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 66a17eb7cdf..00000000000
--- a/Ports/gawk/patches/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur a/extension/build-aux/config.sub b/extension/build-aux/config.sub
---- a/extension/build-aux/config.sub	2020-04-13 08:44:50.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/extension/build-aux/config.sub	2021-06-02 14:46:39.331046420 +0200
-@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
- 	# The portable systems comes first.
- 	# Each alternative MUST end in a * to match a version number.
- 	# sysv* is not here because it comes later, after sysvr4.
--	gnu* | bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | irix* \
-+	gnu* | bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | serenity* | irix* \
- 	     | *vms* | esix* | aix* | cnk* | sunos | sunos[34]*\
- 	     | hpux* | unos* | osf* | luna* | dgux* | auroraux* | solaris* \
- 	     | sym* | kopensolaris* | plan9* \