diff --git a/databases/ruby-xapian/Makefile b/databases/ruby-xapian/Makefile
index c8d1dfe3800b..34ed32afa2d4 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-xapian/Makefile
+++ b/databases/ruby-xapian/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	xapian
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.26
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.27
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	bindings-
 CATEGORIES=	databases ruby
 MASTER_SITES=	https://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${PORTVERSION}/ \
diff --git a/databases/ruby-xapian/distinfo b/databases/ruby-xapian/distinfo
index 1c755bdc1df8..9e69b50521eb 100644
--- a/databases/ruby-xapian/distinfo
+++ b/databases/ruby-xapian/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1721499028
-SHA256 (xapian-bindings-1.4.26.tar.xz) = 550873573ee0401199f835fef51ddf89ca7bc26f7b8d1bdcca59da643fb3ca81
-SIZE (xapian-bindings-1.4.26.tar.xz) = 1114580
+TIMESTAMP = 1734888106
+SHA256 (xapian-bindings-1.4.27.tar.xz) = ba3b5e10809e579acd11bd165779ce3fd29a8904ea37968ef5b57ad97c3618ba
+SIZE (xapian-bindings-1.4.27.tar.xz) = 1116236
diff --git a/databases/ruby-xapian/files/patch-configure b/databases/ruby-xapian/files/patch-configure
deleted file mode 100644
index 14e67dc6f4e0..000000000000
--- a/databases/ruby-xapian/files/patch-configure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	2023-02-02 01:01:44 UTC
-+++ configure
-@@ -21048,7 +21048,7 @@ SWIG_CXXFLAGS=
- if test yes = "$GXX" ; then
-                     SWIG_CXXFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing"
- 
--              XAPIAN_LIBS="$XAPIAN_LIBS -lstdc++"
-+              XAPIAN_LIBS="$XAPIAN_LIBS"
- 
- 
- cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext