diff --git a/ftp/py-pycurl/Makefile b/ftp/py-pycurl/Makefile
index 3ca62d95d17d..6b79328a4fbf 100644
--- a/ftp/py-pycurl/Makefile
+++ b/ftp/py-pycurl/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Created by: Hye-Shik Chang
 
 PORTNAME=	pycurl
-PORTVERSION=	7.43.0.6
+PORTVERSION=	7.44.1
 CATEGORIES=	ftp python
 MASTER_SITES=	CHEESESHOP
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ PORTDOCS=	AUTHORS INSTALL.rst README.rst RELEASE-NOTES.rst
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 post-install:
-	${STRIP_CMD} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/${PORTNAME}*.so
+	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR} -name '*.so' -exec ${STRIP_CMD} {} +
 
 post-install-DOCS-on:
 	${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}/
diff --git a/ftp/py-pycurl/distinfo b/ftp/py-pycurl/distinfo
index aa4d2b3f95f3..7deff1c0d7b2 100644
--- a/ftp/py-pycurl/distinfo
+++ b/ftp/py-pycurl/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1599302761
-SHA256 (pycurl-7.43.0.6.tar.gz) = 8301518689daefa53726b59ded6b48f33751c383cf987b0ccfbbc4ed40281325
-SIZE (pycurl-7.43.0.6.tar.gz) = 222895
+TIMESTAMP = 1632227546
+SHA256 (pycurl-7.44.1.tar.gz) = 5bcef4d988b74b99653602101e17d8401338d596b9234d263c728a0c3df003e8
+SIZE (pycurl-7.44.1.tar.gz) = 227562
diff --git a/ftp/py-pycurl/files/patch-setup.py b/ftp/py-pycurl/files/patch-setup.py
index 2a30e226add4..b5b08d0d3021 100644
--- a/ftp/py-pycurl/files/patch-setup.py
+++ b/ftp/py-pycurl/files/patch-setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
---- setup.py.orig	2020-09-02 05:16:18 UTC
+--- setup.py.orig	2021-08-15 19:30:48 UTC
 +++ setup.py
-@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ in COPYING-LGPL_ and COPYING-MIT_ files in the source 
-     ],
-     packages=[PY_PACKAGE],
-     package_dir={ PY_PACKAGE: os.path.join('python', 'curl') },
--    python_requires='>=3.5',
- )
- 
- if sys.platform == "win32":
-@@ -980,7 +979,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
-     elif len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'docstrings-sources':
-         gen_docstrings_sources()
+@@ -990,7 +990,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
      else:
+         convert_docstrings()
+ 
 -        setup_args['data_files'] = get_data_files()
          if 'PYCURL_RELEASE' in os.environ and os.environ['PYCURL_RELEASE'].lower() in ['1', 'yes', 'true']:
              split_extension_source = False