diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
index bd22dd0606e0..daccd3ceb3da 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/Makefile
@@ -1,33 +1,33 @@
 PORTNAME=	qutip
-DISTVERSION=	4.6.2
+DISTVERSION=	4.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Quantum toolbox in python
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 PY_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}matplotlib>0:math/py-matplotlib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}packaging>0:devel/py-packaging@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PY_DEPENDS}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}nose>0:devel/py-nose@${PY_FLAVOR}
 # the optional graphics/py-mayavi dependency is omitted because it is python-2.7 -only
 
 USES=		python:3.7+
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython cython_run autoplist
 
 xpost-patch: # https://github.com/qutip/qutip/issues/1059
 	@${FIND} ${WRKSRC} -name "*.pyx" -o -name "*.pxd" | ${XARGS} ${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|^#!python|#!${PYTHON_CMD}|'
 
 do-test:
 	@${ECHO} "==> Running tests. Please note that tests require X11 display access."
 	@cd ${WRKDIR} && ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} \
 		${PYTHON_CMD} -c "import qutip.testing as qt; qt.run();"
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
index a0a7f5a62434..1e777949cc09 100644
--- a/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-qutip/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1622763262
-SHA256 (qutip-4.6.2.tar.gz) = 9614e8e8270dd28728150c00f74ec750b9a2a23fb3b4fe629006f86dd02011df
-SIZE (qutip-4.6.2.tar.gz) = 3380475
+TIMESTAMP = 1650765521
+SHA256 (qutip-4.7.0.tar.gz) = a9dde64457991ef1c5a7d4186b5348a16a71480a610f1c0902e4d656ddc12e31
+SIZE (qutip-4.7.0.tar.gz) = 3591673
diff --git a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg b/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index c0dc020c5bba..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-qutip/files/patch-setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- setup.cfg.orig	2021-10-11 07:21:46 UTC
-+++ setup.cfg
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ install_requires = 
- 	scipy>=1.0
- 	packaging
- setup_requires = 
--	numpy>=1.16.6,<1.20
-+	numpy>=1.16.6,<1.21
- 	scipy>=1.0
- 	cython>=0.29.20
- 	packaging