diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/patches/scikit-build-ver.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/patches/scikit-build-ver.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 06ee964aa47..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/patches/scikit-build-ver.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
-index 26c32df3d..72a570c94 100644
---- a/pyproject.toml
-+++ b/pyproject.toml
-@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
- [build-system]
- requires = [
-     "setuptools>=42",
--    "scikit-build~=0.17.0"
-+    "scikit-build>=0.17.0"
- ]
- build-backend = "backend"
- backend-path = ["_custom_build"]
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template b/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template
index 3b82c779d03..bf6a0e706ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-rapidfuzz/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-rapidfuzz'
 pkgname=python3-rapidfuzz
-version=3.9.4
+version=3.9.5
 revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 hostmakedepends="cmake python3-scikit-build"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz"
 changelog="https://github.com/rapidfuzz/RapidFuzz/releases"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/r/rapidfuzz/rapidfuzz-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=366bf8947b84e37f2f4cf31aaf5f37c39f620d8c0eddb8b633e6ba0129ca4a0a
+checksum=257f2406a671371bafd99a2a2c57f991783446bc2176b93a83d1d833e35d36df
 
 export CMAKE_ARGS="-DPython_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_inc}"