diff --git a/math/py-numexpr/Makefile b/math/py-numexpr/Makefile
index 9eafb220acf0..45a5ee7f7aac 100644
--- a/math/py-numexpr/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-numexpr/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # Created by: Ju Pengfei <ju.pengfei@gmail.com>
 
 PORTNAME=	numexpr
-PORTVERSION=	2.8.1
+PORTVERSION=	2.8.3
 CATEGORIES=	math python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast numerical array expression evaluator for Python and NumPy
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${RUN_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.13.3,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		dos2unix python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent distutils
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-numexpr/distinfo b/math/py-numexpr/distinfo
index 52c0cdb48114..a2cf14d63398 100644
--- a/math/py-numexpr/distinfo
+++ b/math/py-numexpr/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1641045980
-SHA256 (numexpr-2.8.1.tar.gz) = cd779aa44dd986c4ef10163519239602b027be06a527946656207acf1f58113b
-SIZE (numexpr-2.8.1.tar.gz) = 94824
+TIMESTAMP = 1657292514
+SHA256 (numexpr-2.8.3.tar.gz) = cb647c9d9c785dae0759bf6c875cde2bec472b5c3f7a6015734b161ae766d141
+SIZE (numexpr-2.8.3.tar.gz) = 98436
diff --git a/math/py-numexpr/files/patch-numexpr-interpreter.cpp b/math/py-numexpr/files/patch-numexpr-interpreter.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fd9735b9231..000000000000
--- a/math/py-numexpr/files/patch-numexpr-interpreter.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- numexpr/interpreter.cpp.orig	2018-07-12 17:49:43 UTC
-+++ numexpr/interpreter.cpp
-@@ -1269,7 +1269,7 @@ NumExpr_run(NumExprObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObj
-             }
-             Py_INCREF(dtypes[0]);
-             a = (PyArrayObject *)PyArray_FromArray(operands[0], dtypes[0],
--                                        NPY_ARRAY_ALIGNED|NPY_ARRAY_UPDATEIFCOPY);
-+                                        NPY_ARRAY_ALIGNED|NPY_ARRAY_WRITEBACKIFCOPY);
-             if (a == NULL) {
-                 goto fail;
-             }