diff --git a/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile b/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile
index bb102b457bd9..4d861de4468f 100644
--- a/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile
+++ b/databases/py-firebirdsql/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	firebirdsql
-PORTVERSION=	0.7.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.7.3
 CATEGORIES=	databases python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
diff --git a/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo b/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo
index eb1ac57dda67..740ea1df3e9e 100644
--- a/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo
+++ b/databases/py-firebirdsql/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (firebirdsql-0.7.2.tar.gz) = 23239cd08535c5b801992d4af84fc12367a6fe6b16dfca170c7c477a7d4fa315
-SIZE (firebirdsql-0.7.2.tar.gz) = 36279
+SHA256 (firebirdsql-0.7.3.tar.gz) = b897894f508091d9fd61a4fd6deaaf4ffa5e87d94f741dce2e2211fbb4c3903f
+SIZE (firebirdsql-0.7.3.tar.gz) = 36164
diff --git a/databases/py-firebirdsql/files/patch-setup.py b/databases/py-firebirdsql/files/patch-setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bbd08946f2ca..000000000000
--- a/databases/py-firebirdsql/files/patch-setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- setup-old.py	2012-03-26 18:39:19.000000000 -0300
-+++ setup.py	2012-03-26 18:40:01.000000000 -0300
-@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
-     print(c)
- conn.close()
- """
--try:
--    from setuptools import setup
--except ImportError:
--    from distutils.core import setup
-+from distutils.core import setup
- import firebirdsql
-