diff --git a/srcpkgs/proj/patches/fix-cmake-deps.patch b/srcpkgs/proj/patches/fix-cmake-deps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f090104377f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/proj/patches/fix-cmake-deps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
---- a/cmake/project-config.cmake.in
-+++ b/cmake/project-config.cmake.in
-@@ -13,37 +13,6 @@ endif()
- 
- include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
- 
--# We cannot have a find_dependency() call between cmake_policy(PUSH)/cmake_policy(POP)
--# because find_dependency() issues a return() on failure, which results in
--# imbalanced push/pop
--# Cf https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/17612
--cmake_policy(PUSH)
--cmake_policy(SET CMP0012 NEW)
--if("@ENABLE_TIFF@")
--    set(PROJ_CONFIG_FIND_TIFF_DEP ON)
--endif()
--if("@CURL_ENABLED@")
--    set(PROJ_CONFIG_FIND_CURL_DEP ON)
--endif()
--cmake_policy(POP)
--
--if(DEFINED PROJ_CONFIG_FIND_TIFF_DEP)
--    find_dependency(TIFF)
--endif()
--
--if(DEFINED PROJ_CONFIG_FIND_CURL_DEP)
--  # Chainload CURL usage requirements
--  find_dependency(CURL)
--  # Target CURL::libcurl only defined since CMake 3.12
--  if(NOT TARGET CURL::libcurl)
--      add_library(CURL::libcurl INTERFACE IMPORTED)
--      set_target_properties(CURL::libcurl PROPERTIES
--        INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
--        INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES      "${CURL_LIBRARIES}"
--      )
--  endif()
--endif()
--
- function(set_variable_from_rel_or_absolute_path var root rel_or_abs_path)
-   if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${rel_or_abs_path}")
-     set(${var} "${rel_or_abs_path}" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/proj/template b/srcpkgs/proj/template
index 6aad399f609..b11ff8b9b49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/proj/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/proj/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'proj'
 pkgname=proj
-version=9.3.1
+version=9.4.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="python3"
-makedepends="libcurl-devel sqlite-devel tiff-devel"
+makedepends="libcurl-devel openssl-devel sqlite-devel tiff-devel"
 short_desc="Cartographic Projections Library"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://proj.org"
 distfiles="https://download.osgeo.org/proj/proj-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b0f919cb9e1f42f803a3e616c2b63a78e4d81ecfaed80978d570d3a5e29d10bc
+checksum=ffe20170ee2b952207adf8a195e2141eab12cda181e49fdeb54425d98c7171d7
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING