diff --git a/python/py-pysal/Portfile b/python/py-pysal/Portfile
index e59cdad951d57..7eb745a8b6409 100644
--- a/python/py-pysal/Portfile
+++ b/python/py-pysal/Portfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PortSystem              1.0
 PortGroup               python 1.0
 
 name                    py-pysal
-version                 23.7
+version                 24.1
 revision                0
 
 categories-append       gis
@@ -20,16 +20,13 @@ long_description        {*}${description} is an open source cross-platform \
 
 homepage                http://pysal.org/pysal/
 
-checksums               rmd160  4b0e80c33e05d0571953de2aed16cb9eca7a5d9e \
-                        sha256  0749fcaf4024e5bf49ee65df27eece86080836b75d7c2b12f2d4c611a41cbb1b \
-                        size    36984
+checksums               rmd160  9eeae2abf42bbf0e9bbed02fe2f2622fb97b9f4a \
+                        sha256  ed84c663c8daf73f5d83daa1ce01f14915fde3cf21b5d46259905cc733336dfb \
+                        size    37876
 
 python.versions         39 310 311
 
 if {${name} ne ${subport}} {
-    depends_build-append \
-                        port:py${python.version}-setuptools
-
     depends_lib-append  \
                         port:py${python.version}-libpysal \
                         port:py${python.version}-access \