diff --git a/devel/rubygem-rice/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-rice/Makefile
index dc25d7a63658..18c47280165f 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-rice/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-rice/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PORTNAME=	rice
-PORTVERSION=	2.2.0
+PORTVERSION=	4.0.2
 CATEGORIES=	devel rubygems
 MASTER_SITES=	RG
 
@@ -12,10 +12,9 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 BROKEN_FreeBSD_11_powerpc64=	fails to configure: could not find ruby.h
 BROKEN_FreeBSD_12_powerpc64=	fails to configure: could not find ruby.h
 
+USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes
-USES=		autoreconf:build gem
 
-post-install:
-	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/${GEM_LIB_DIR}/test/unittest
+NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-rice/distinfo b/devel/rubygem-rice/distinfo
index 8ff096de23d3..018aa58ba536 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-rice/distinfo
+++ b/devel/rubygem-rice/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1606233446
-SHA256 (rubygem/rice-2.2.0.gem) = 6eb60d5b2f3018df831c2b3dbd17cd03f910401ddaeccb23d54bcd2b7ca9a59b
-SIZE (rubygem/rice-2.2.0.gem) = 262656
+TIMESTAMP = 1625323751
+SHA256 (rubygem/rice-4.0.2.gem) = 40d5587c8dc92c2f1d0d4a73e3d03776bf6db06710848ef46135902a94043bd9
+SIZE (rubygem/rice-4.0.2.gem) = 111616
diff --git a/devel/rubygem-rice/pkg-descr b/devel/rubygem-rice/pkg-descr
index e81e152aee07..a80df22eac71 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-rice/pkg-descr
+++ b/devel/rubygem-rice/pkg-descr
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-Rice is a C++ interface to Ruby's C API. It provides a type-safe and
-exception-safe interface in order to make embedding Ruby and writing Ruby
-extensions with C++ easier. It is similar to Boost.Python in many ways, but
-also attempts to provide an object-oriented interface to all of the Ruby C API.
+Rice is a C++ header-only library that serves dual purposes. First, it makes it
+much easier to create Ruby bindings for existing C++ libraries. Second, it
+provides an object oriented interface to Ruby's C API that makes it easy to
+embed Ruby and write Ruby extensions in C++.
 
-WWW: https://rubygems.org/gems/rice
+Rice is similar to Boost.Python and pybind11 in that it minimizes boilerplate
+code needed to interface with C++. It does this by automatically determining
+type information allowing Ruby object to be converted to C++ and vice versa.
+
+WWW: https://github.com/jasonroelofs/rice