diff --git a/math/py-hdbscan/Makefile b/math/py-hdbscan/Makefile
index 65fae8c0167d..008b8e8618e7 100644
--- a/math/py-hdbscan/Makefile
+++ b/math/py-hdbscan/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 PORTNAME=	hdbscan
 PORTVERSION=	0.8.42
 CATEGORIES=	math python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	sunpoet@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Clustering based on density with variable density clusters
 WWW=		https://hdbscan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ \
 		https://github.com/scikit-learn-contrib/hdbscan
 
 LICENSE=	BSD3CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=0,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}setuptools>=0:devel/py-setuptools@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>=0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}joblib>=1.0:devel/py-joblib@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.20<3:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}numpy>=1.20,1<3,1:math/py-numpy@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-learn>=1.6:science/py-scikit-learn@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scipy>=1.0:science/py-scipy@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist concurrent cython pep517
 
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/py-hdbscan/files/patch-pyproject.toml b/math/py-hdbscan/files/patch-pyproject.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8737982fa424..000000000000
--- a/math/py-hdbscan/files/patch-pyproject.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- pyproject.toml.orig	2023-07-18 17:51:04 UTC
-+++ pyproject.toml
-@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ requires = [
- requires = [
-   "setuptools",
-   "wheel",
--  "cython<3",
--  "oldest-supported-numpy"
-+  "cython",
-+  "numpy"
- ]