diff --git a/net/kea-devel/Makefile b/net/kea-devel/Makefile
index 36027d8f5e8d..2daa0567c7c7 100644
--- a/net/kea-devel/Makefile
+++ b/net/kea-devel/Makefile
@@ -1,68 +1,67 @@
 PORTNAME=	kea
 DISTVERSION=	3.0.0
 PORTREVISION=	3
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	ISC/kea/cur/3.0
 PKGNAMESUFFIX=	-devel
 
 MAINTAINER=	cy@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Alternative DHCP implementation by ISC
 WWW=		https://kea.isc.org/
 
 LICENSE=	MPL20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	rst2man:textproc/py-docutils \
-		python3:lang/python3
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	rst2man:textproc/py-docutils
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libboost_system.so:devel/boost-libs \
 		liblog4cplus.so:devel/log4cplus
 
 USES=		compiler:c++11-lang cmake:indirect cpe iconv libtool meson \
 		pathfix pkgconfig python tar:xz ssl
 
 CPE_VENDOR=	isc
 CPE_VERSION=	${DISTVERSION:C/-.*//}
 .if ${DISTVERSION:M*-*}
 CPE_UPDATE=	${DISTVERSION:C/.*-//:tl}
 .endif
 
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 USE_RC_SUBR=	${PORTNAME}
 INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 
 PORTDOCS=	AUTHORS CONTRIBUTING.md COPYING ChangeLog README SECURITY.md \
 		code_of_conduct.md examples platforms.rst
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS MYSQL PGSQL
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
 
 MESON_ARGS=	--auto-features=disabled \
 		-Dnetconf=disabled \
 		-Drunstatedir=/var/run
 		
 MYSQL_USES=		mysql
 MYSQL_MESON_ENABLED=	mysql
 MYSQL_SUB_LIST=		REQ_MYSQL=mysql
 MYSQL_SUB_LIST_OFF=	REQ_MYSQL=""
 
 PGSQL_USES=		pgsql
 PGSQ_MESON_ENABLED=	postgresql
 PGSQL_SUB_LIST=		REQ_PGSQL=postgresql
 PGSQL_SUB_LIST_OFF=	REQ_PGSQL=""
 PGSQL_VARS=		WANT_PGSQL=client
 
 post-build:
 	cd ${WRKSRC}/doc/sphinx/man; \
 	for i in *.8.rst; do rst2man $$i > $$(basename $$i .rst); done
 
 post-install:
 	@mkdir -p ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/kea ${STAGEDIR}/var/db/kea \
 	${STAGEDIR}/var/log/kea ${STAGEDIR}/var/run/kea
 	@rm -rf ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/var
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/doc/sphinx/man; \
 	cp *.8 ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man8
 	@cd ${WRKSRC}/_build/src/bin/keactrl; \
 	for i in *.conf; do cp $$i ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/kea/$$i.sample; done
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/kea-devel/files/patch-src_bin_shell_kea-shell.in b/net/kea-devel/files/patch-src_bin_shell_kea-shell.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..caa0eea9db98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/kea-devel/files/patch-src_bin_shell_kea-shell.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+--- src/bin/shell/kea-shell.in.orig	2025-06-20 09:28:47.000000000 -0700
++++ src/bin/shell/kea-shell.in	2025-08-13 09:47:11.947513000 -0700
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!@PYTHON@
++#!/usr/bin/env /usr/local/bin/python3
+ 
+ # Copyright (C) 2017-2025 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ #