diff --git a/ports/fmt/CONTROL b/ports/fmt/CONTROL
index ce04fe4371a0b8..543bd03c0f4947 100644
--- a/ports/fmt/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/fmt/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: fmt
-Version: 6.2.1
+Version: 7.0.1
 Homepage: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
 Description: Formatting library for C++. It can be used as a safe alternative to printf or as a fast alternative to IOStreams.
diff --git a/ports/fmt/fix-warning4189.patch b/ports/fmt/fix-warning4189.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0efab0f1c98985..00000000000000
--- a/ports/fmt/fix-warning4189.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/include/fmt/format.h b/include/fmt/format.h
-index 4e96539..0f1d179 100644
---- a/include/fmt/format.h
-+++ b/include/fmt/format.h
-@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
- #ifndef FMT_FORMAT_H_
- #define FMT_FORMAT_H_
- 
-+#pragma warning(disable:4189)
- #include <algorithm>
- #include <cerrno>
- #include <cmath>
diff --git a/ports/fmt/portfile.cmake b/ports/fmt/portfile.cmake
index c44da534a6654c..e031860c703d33 100644
--- a/ports/fmt/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/fmt/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO fmtlib/fmt
-    REF 19bd751020a1f3c3363b2eb67a039852f139a8d3#version 6.2.1
-    SHA512 5d03445c64c3b7973bdf4e445238c63fa41bf0fa8c2d5b32cd56f0a6b3036b039d9c303a06300f3af87795a07f80f2ed28b90ddbf9c3f7398796d77906c21f40
+    REF b9d749095e3397f154e2938f96dd11912f2d9300       #version 7.0.1
+    SHA512 5e81369ba97fb9e7fbaeed87b23fc7f1db1459d5c67eba1d92a697840fa004097d714127381aa2aa1437f5730b27e38a71e3ddf6a4a73c8d5eeaa32b3efb3d80
     HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES fix-warning4189.patch
 )
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
@@ -45,14 +44,16 @@ vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
-        file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt/fmt-targets-debug.cmake FMT_DEBUG_MODULE)
-        string(REPLACE "lib/fmtd.dll" "bin/fmtd.dll" FMT_DEBUG_MODULE ${FMT_DEBUG_MODULE})
-        file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt/fmt-targets-debug.cmake "${FMT_DEBUG_MODULE}")
+	    vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt/fmt-targets-debug.cmake
+		    "lib/fmtd.dll" 
+			"bin/fmtd.dll"
+		)
     endif()
     if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
-        file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt/fmt-targets-release.cmake FMT_RELEASE_MODULE)
-        string(REPLACE "lib/fmt.dll" "bin/fmt.dll" FMT_RELEASE_MODULE ${FMT_RELEASE_MODULE})
-        file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt/fmt-targets-release.cmake "${FMT_RELEASE_MODULE}")
+	    vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt/fmt-targets-release.cmake
+		   "lib/fmt.dll" 
+		   "bin/fmt.dll" 
+		)
     endif()
 endif()
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share)