diff --git a/swig/swig.patch b/swig/swig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65ab20769b..0000000000
--- a/swig/swig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Index: configure
---- configure.orig	2009-03-21 01:18:05 +0100
-+++ configure	2009-03-27 12:57:55 +0100
-@@ -8567,7 +8567,7 @@
-       MZDYNOBJ="$MZDYNOBJ"
-     else
-       # older versions (3.72 approx and earlier)
--      MZDYNOBJ=`$MZSCHEME --mute-banner --version --eval '(begin (require (lib "link.ss" "dynext")) (with-handlers (((lambda args #t) (lambda args #f))) (for-each (lambda (x) (display x) (display " ")) ((current-make-standard-link-libraries)))) (with-handlers (((lambda args #t) (lambda args #f))) (for-each (lambda (x) (display x)) (expand-for-link-variant (current-standard-link-libraries)))))' 2>/dev/null`
-+      MZDYNOBJ=""
-     fi
-     if test -f "$MZDYNOBJ"; then
-       { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $MZDYNOBJ" >&5
diff --git a/swig/swig.spec b/swig/swig.spec
index 21ab8778a5..58d1d35fec 100644
--- a/swig/swig.spec
+++ b/swig/swig.spec
@@ -31,12 +31,11 @@ Distribution: OpenPKG Community
 Class:        BASE
 Group:        CompilerCompiler
 License:      BSD-style
-Version:      4.3.1
-Release:      20250416
+Version:      4.4.1
+Release:      20251208
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://downloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-%{version}.tar.gz
-Patch0:       swig.patch
 
 #   build information
 BuildPreReq:  OpenPKG, openpkg >= 20160101, gcc, make, libtool
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ PreReq:       pcre
 
 %prep
     %setup -q
-    %patch -p0
 
 %build
     CC="%{l_cc}" \