diff --git a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/Makefile b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/Makefile
index 6473bdc4a542..2d8c223ae025 100644
--- a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 PORTNAME=	rapidfuzz
-DISTVERSION=	3.10.0
+DISTVERSION=	3.10.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	PYPI
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Rapid fuzzy string matching in Python
 WWW=		https://github.com/rapidfuzz/RapidFuzz
 
 LICENSE=	MIT
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	cmake:devel/cmake-core \
 		ninja:devel/ninja \
 		rapidfuzz-cpp>0:devel/rapidfuzz-cpp \
 		taskflow>0:devel/taskflow \
 		${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}rapidfuzz-capi==1.0.5:devel/py-rapidfuzz-capi@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build-core>=0.10.7:devel/py-scikit-build-core@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}scikit-build>=0.13.0:devel/py-scikit-build@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 TEST_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}hypothesis>0:devel/py-hypothesis@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++14-lang python
 USE_PYTHON=	pep517 autoplist pytest # 1 test fails, see https://github.com/rapidfuzz/RapidFuzz/issues/372
 
 TEST_ENV=	${MAKE_ENV} PYTHONPATH=${STAGEDIR}${PYTHONPREFIX_SITELIBDIR}
 
 post-install:
 	@cd ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME} && \
 		${STRIP_CMD} \
 			${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/*.so \
 			${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}/distance/*.so
 	${PYTHON_CMD} -m compileall -d ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 	${PYTHON_CMD} -O -m compileall -d ${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/distinfo b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/distinfo
index a71aa2c747c9..6aec430dcd6b 100644
--- a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1727162731
-SHA256 (rapidfuzz-3.10.0.tar.gz) = 6b62af27e65bb39276a66533655a2fa3c60a487b03935721c45b7809527979be
-SIZE (rapidfuzz-3.10.0.tar.gz) = 57942780
+TIMESTAMP = 1731116509
+SHA256 (rapidfuzz-3.10.1.tar.gz) = 5a15546d847a915b3f42dc79ef9b0c78b998b4e2c53b252e7166284066585979
+SIZE (rapidfuzz-3.10.1.tar.gz) = 57982250
diff --git a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils.hpp b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6642b9dfc402..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
---- src/rapidfuzz/utils.hpp.orig	2024-08-06 20:55:30 UTC
-+++ src/rapidfuzz/utils.hpp
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- #include <cwctype>
- #include <limits>
- #include <stdint.h>
--#include <string>
-+#include <vector>
- 
- uint32_t UnicodeDefaultProcess(uint32_t ch);
- 
-@@ -80,11 +80,9 @@ template <typename CharT>
- }
- 
- template <typename CharT>
--std::basic_string<CharT> default_process(std::basic_string<CharT> s)
-+std::vector<CharT> default_process(std::vector<CharT> str)
- {
--    std::basic_string<CharT> str(s);
--
--    int64_t len = default_process(&str[0], str.size());
-+    int64_t len = default_process(str.data(), str.size());
-     str.resize(len);
-     return str;
- }
diff --git a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils__cpp.hpp b/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils__cpp.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index b7289a739904..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-rapidfuzz/files/patch-src_rapidfuzz_utils__cpp.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- src/rapidfuzz/utils_cpp.hpp.orig	2024-08-06 20:55:30 UTC
-+++ src/rapidfuzz/utils_cpp.hpp
-@@ -9,20 +9,20 @@ static inline PyObject* default_process_impl(PyObject*
-     switch (c_sentence.kind) {
-     case RF_UINT8:
-     {
--        auto proc_str = default_process(
--            std::basic_string<uint8_t>(static_cast<uint8_t*>(c_sentence.data), c_sentence.length));
-+        auto data = static_cast<uint8_t*>(c_sentence.data);
-+        auto proc_str = default_process(std::vector<uint8_t>(data, data + c_sentence.length));
-         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND, proc_str.data(), (Py_ssize_t)proc_str.size());
-     }
-     case RF_UINT16:
-     {
--        auto proc_str = default_process(
--            std::basic_string<uint16_t>(static_cast<uint16_t*>(c_sentence.data), c_sentence.length));
-+        auto data = static_cast<uint16_t*>(c_sentence.data);
-+        auto proc_str = default_process(std::vector<uint16_t>(data, data + c_sentence.length));
-         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND, proc_str.data(), (Py_ssize_t)proc_str.size());
-     }
-     case RF_UINT32:
-     {
--        auto proc_str = default_process(
--            std::basic_string<uint32_t>(static_cast<uint32_t*>(c_sentence.data), c_sentence.length));
-+        auto data = static_cast<uint32_t*>(c_sentence.data);
-+        auto proc_str = default_process(std::vector<uint32_t>(data, data + c_sentence.length));
-         return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND, proc_str.data(), (Py_ssize_t)proc_str.size());
-     }
-     // ToDo: for now do not process these elements should be done in some way in the future