diff --git a/sysutils/font-manager/Portfile b/sysutils/font-manager/Portfile
index e7183b6fd3e83..136fac95e3192 100644
--- a/sysutils/font-manager/Portfile
+++ b/sysutils/font-manager/Portfile
@@ -44,13 +44,8 @@ depends_lib-append  port:dbus \
                     path:lib/pkgconfig/pango.pc:pango \
                     port:sqlite3
 
-patchfiles-append   patch-use-right-python.diff
-
-configure.python    ${prefix}/bin/python${py_ver}
-
-post-patch {
-    reinplace "s|@PYTHON_BIN@|${configure.python}|" ${worksrcpath}/meson.build
-}
+meson.native.binaries \
+                    python=${prefix}/bin/python${py_ver}
 
 configure.args-append \
                     -Dadwaita=true \
diff --git a/sysutils/font-manager/files/patch-use-right-python.diff b/sysutils/font-manager/files/patch-use-right-python.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 69ca14cbc9aa6..0000000000000
--- a/sysutils/font-manager/files/patch-use-right-python.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- meson.build	2024-07-02 08:04:06.000000000 +0800
-+++ meson.build	2024-07-03 06:12:38.000000000 +0800
-@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
- harfbuzz = dependency('harfbuzz', version: '>= 2.5')
- json = dependency('json-glib-1.0', version: '>= 1.5')
- pangoft2 = dependency('pangoft2', version: '>= 1.45')
--python = import('python').find_installation('python3')
-+python = import('python').find_installation('@PYTHON_BIN@')
- sqlite = dependency('sqlite3', version: '>= 3.35')
- xml = dependency('libxml-2.0', version: '>= 2.9.10')
-