diff --git a/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile b/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
index af1f58b97dc6..5fb4104f6eef 100644
--- a/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-pygit2/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
 # Created by: William Grzybowski <wg@FreeBSD.org>
 
 # Also update devel/libgit2, devel/libgit2-glib, devel/rubygem-rugged
 
 PORTNAME=	pygit2
-PORTVERSION=	1.6.1
+PORTVERSION=	1.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	devel python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	mfechner@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Python bindings for libgit2
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 MY_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cffi>1.0:devel/py-cffi@${PY_FLAVOR}
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${MY_DEPENDS}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libgit2.so:devel/libgit2
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${MY_DEPENDS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}cached-property>=0:devel/py-cached-property@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}six>0:devel/py-six@${PY_FLAVOR}
 
-USES=		python:3.5+
+USES=		python:3.8+
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 MAKE_ENV=	LIBGIT2=${LOCALBASE}
 PYDISTUTILS_TEST_TARGET?=	test
 
 do-test:
 	@(cd ${BUILD_WRKSRC}; ${SETENV} ${MAKE_ENV} ${PYTHON_CMD} ${PYDISTUTILS_SETUP} ${PYDISTUTILS_TEST_TARGET} ${PYDISTUTILS_TESTARGS})
 
 post-install:
 	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/pygit2/_*git2*.so \
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo b/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo
index 6c36c3ab1c93..fcbf72dc9521 100644
--- a/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo
+++ b/devel/py-pygit2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1631174621
-SHA256 (pygit2-1.6.1.tar.gz) = c3303776f774d3e0115c1c4f6e1fc35470d15f113a7ae9401a0b90acfa1661ac
-SIZE (pygit2-1.6.1.tar.gz) = 258338
+TIMESTAMP = 1638618402
+SHA256 (pygit2-1.7.1.tar.gz) = d7faa29558436decc2e78110f38d6677eb366b683ba5cdc2803d47195711165d
+SIZE (pygit2-1.7.1.tar.gz) = 281791
diff --git a/devel/py-pygit2/files/patch-src_types.h b/devel/py-pygit2/files/patch-src_types.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bfc3c6e8a95..000000000000
--- a/devel/py-pygit2/files/patch-src_types.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- src/types.h.orig	2021-09-09 11:47:02 UTC
-+++ src/types.h
-@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
- #include <Python.h>
- #include <git2.h>
- 
--#if !(LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR == 1 && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR == 1)
--#error You need a compatible libgit2 version (1.1.x)
-+#if !(LIBGIT2_VER_MAJOR == 1 && LIBGIT2_VER_MINOR == 2)
-+#error You need a compatible libgit2 version (1.2.x)
- #endif
- 
- /*