diff --git a/devel/py-datrie/Makefile b/devel/py-datrie/Makefile
index 14a13e7ecddd..5cef637f7fd6 100644
--- a/devel/py-datrie/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-datrie/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,24 @@
 PORTNAME=	datrie
 PORTVERSION=	0.8.2
 PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Super-fast, efficiently stored Trie for Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/pytries/datrie
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 
-DEPRECATED=	Depends on expired devel/py-pytest-runner
-EXPIRATION_DATE=2025-03-31
-
-BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest-runner>=0:devel/py-pytest-runner@${PY_FLAVOR}
+BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pytest>0:devel/py-pytest@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hypothesis>0:devel/py-hypothesis@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		python
 USE_PYTHON=	distutils cython autoplist
 
 do-test:
 	@cd ${WRKSRC} && ${PYTHON_CMD} -m pytest
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-datrie/files/patch-setup.py b/devel/py-datrie/files/patch-setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..01f9929e9e89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devel/py-datrie/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- setup.py.orig	2025-03-16 21:08:30 UTC
++++ setup.py
+@@ -60,5 +60,5 @@ setup(name="datrie",
+           "include_dirs": [LIBDATRIE_DIR]})],
+       ext_modules=ext_modules,
+       python_requires=">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*",
+-      setup_requires=["pytest-runner", 'Cython>=0.28'],
++      setup_requires=['Cython>=0.28'],
+       tests_require=["pytest", "hypothesis"])