diff --git a/ports/botan/0001-fix-crt-linking.patch b/ports/botan/0001-fix-crt-linking.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d1fdc2d709b7c2..00000000000000
--- a/ports/botan/0001-fix-crt-linking.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-From b41cc93b63c99525e71291424466cdd45d92f770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mikhail Paulyshka <me@mixaill.tk>
-Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 04:34:10 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] fix CRT linking for static library for MSVC
-
----
- configure.py               | 15 +++++++++++++++
- src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt |  8 ++++++--
- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
-index faf5120c5..9c545cf5f 100755
---- a/configure.py
-+++ b/configure.py
-@@ -976,6 +976,21 @@ class CompilerInfo(object):
-             if flag != None and flag != '' and flag not in abi_link:
-                 abi_link.append(flag)
- 
-+        if options.build_shared_lib:
-+            if options.with_debug_info:
-+                if 'dynamic-debug' in self.mach_abi_linking:
-+                    abi_link.append(self.mach_abi_linking['dynamic-debug'])
-+            else:
-+                if 'dynamic' in self.mach_abi_linking:
-+                    abi_link.append(self.mach_abi_linking['dynamic'])
-+        else:
-+            if options.with_debug_info:
-+                if 'static-debug' in self.mach_abi_linking:
-+                    abi_link.append(self.mach_abi_linking['static-debug'])
-+            else:
-+                if 'static' in self.mach_abi_linking:
-+                    abi_link.append(self.mach_abi_linking['static'])
-+
-         if options.with_coverage_info:
-             if self.coverage_flags == '':
-                 raise ConfigureError('No coverage handling for %s' % (self.basename))
-diff --git a/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt b/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt
-index c1b820b91..e6182b0fa 100644
---- a/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt
-+++ b/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt
-@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ default-debug -> "$(LINKER) /DEBUG"
- </binary_link_commands>
- 
- <mach_abi_linking>
--all       -> "/MD /bigobj"
--all-debug -> "/MDd /bigobj"
-+all           -> "/bigobj"
-+all-debug     -> "/bigobj"
-+static        -> "/MT"
-+static-debug  -> "/MTd"
-+dynamic       -> "/MD"
-+dynamic-debug -> "/MDd"
- </mach_abi_linking>
--- 
-2.11.0.windows.1
-
diff --git a/ports/botan/CONTROL b/ports/botan/CONTROL
index 1ff0101186d679..0f170b3f4122d4 100644
--- a/ports/botan/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/botan/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: botan
-Version: 2.0.1
-Description: A cryptography library written in C++11
\ No newline at end of file
+Version: 2.6.0
+Description: A cryptography library written in C++11
diff --git a/ports/botan/portfile.cmake b/ports/botan/portfile.cmake
index a9a9ca547f05b7..fee0a0e2ae0916 100644
--- a/ports/botan/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/botan/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
-set(BOTAN_VERSION 2.0.1)
-set(BOTAN_HASH  c5062ce92a6e6e333b4e6af095ed54d0c4ffacefc6ac87ec651dd1e0937793c9956b7c9c0d3acf49f059505526584168364e01c55ab72c953ad255e8396aed35)
+set(BOTAN_VERSION 2.6.0)
+set(BOTAN_HASH 2082b4aaac0802f117a5f75c67a69e6d364b436a0ebe543032e370c3f085752bbe1ca48051462066e13bd42e47573ebc532d1d45074fe406df032f33346ee645)
 set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/Botan-${BOTAN_VERSION})
 
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
     SHA512 ${BOTAN_HASH}
 )
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
-vcpkg_apply_patches(
-    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH} 
-    PATCHES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-fix-crt-linking.patch")
 
 vcpkg_find_acquire_program(JOM)
 vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3)