diff --git a/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/Makefile b/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/Makefile
index 2a970ab52e67..7a09d33d9b18 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/Makefile
+++ b/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/Makefile
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	axisregistry
-PORTVERSION=	0.4.16
+PORTVERSION=	0.4.17
 CATEGORIES=	x11-fonts python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python API to access data from the Google Fonts variable fonts axis registry
 WWW=		https://github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=61.2:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools-scm>=6.2:devel/py-setuptools-scm@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}fonttools>=0:print/py-fonttools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}protobuf>=3.19.4,1:devel/py-protobuf@${PY_FLAVOR}
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}gfmetadata>=0:x11-fonts/py-gfmetadata@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent pep517
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/distinfo b/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/distinfo
index 36e59daab9e5..06f8e0a1be83 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/distinfo
+++ b/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1759774761
-SHA256 (axisregistry-0.4.16.tar.gz) = 7a8870b651524eeb6d3efd0fb0ecb5b9ecc64f534d9709bc66e9d525dd5af73a
-SIZE (axisregistry-0.4.16.tar.gz) = 4152726
+TIMESTAMP = 1779223056
+SHA256 (axisregistry-0.4.17.tar.gz) = ff4c13e094e879b2b62592fcd36777b2c53b2b2d6263a67708c356a2c4f0ce06
+SIZE (axisregistry-0.4.17.tar.gz) = 4161625
diff --git a/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/files/patch-setup.py b/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fc09b6e0475..000000000000
--- a/x11-fonts/py-axisregistry/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2025-01-27 13:14:54 UTC
-+++ setup.py
-@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ setup(
-         "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
-     ],
-     install_requires=[
--        "protobuf>=3.19.4, <4",
-+        "protobuf>=3.19.4",
-         "fonttools",
-         "importlib_resources ; python_version < '3.10'",
-     ],