diff --git a/sysutils/lima/Portfile b/sysutils/lima/Portfile
index 10f817f64157e..e63d80445df55 100644
--- a/sysutils/lima/Portfile
+++ b/sysutils/lima/Portfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PortGroup           golang 1.0
 go.setup            github.com/lima-vm/lima 1.0.3 v
 go.offline_build    no
 github.tarball_from archive
-revision            0
+revision            1
 
 homepage            https://lima-vm.io
 
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ maintainers         {gmail.com:herby.gillot @herbygillot} \
                     {macports.halostatue.ca:austin @halostatue} \
                     openmaintainer
 
-depends_run         port:qemu
-
 checksums           rmd160  60a71868460fe544be7e44f0ec10bc3d66198a10 \
                     sha256  c36e803f4faf41607220df4c1d7a61977a7d492facf03e0b67f1f69390840a90 \
                     size    7381537
@@ -38,6 +36,22 @@ build.cmd           make
 
 patchfiles          patch-Makefile.diff
 
+platform darwin {
+    # Lima defaults to VZ with macOS 13.5 and later; drop dependency from 14 onwards
+    if {${os.major} < 23} {
+        depends_run-append port:qemu
+    } else {
+        # added January 2025
+        notes {
+            Please note that Lima no longer depends on QEMU. If you\
+            rely on it, you may want to explictly mark it as installed\
+            to keep it around:
+
+            port install qemu
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 post-patch {
     reinplace "s|@@VERSION@@|${version}|g" ${worksrcpath}/Makefile
 }