diff --git a/ports/fmt/CONTROL b/ports/fmt/CONTROL
index cdbb9362d19878..48f758b108d829 100644
--- a/ports/fmt/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/fmt/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: fmt
-Version: 6.0.0-1
+Version: 6.1.2
 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 9b52d49268320f..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 efec5d6..9b15b48 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 <cassert>
- #include <cmath>
diff --git a/ports/fmt/portfile.cmake b/ports/fmt/portfile.cmake
index 238272b86d3e05..62378c229d2920 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 6.0.0
-    SHA512 7deb5bd843ae6b9d4b58dca9c68c1cfe7b55a41040f358247f5309655188d1ae194ff414437c068f74367f078faa214b5883e8c9e634c7623dcda50850e24766
+    REF 6.1.2
+    SHA512 8770bf4bd2bb6d938e75e0cf1e665c41930dbd9d2a6825274a5a43cd1d85b9c9ca621bb040ed099429f0e16bddbc3399361c453eb1bf3fc01376e6ad9dd875b7
     HEAD_REF master
-    PATCHES fix-warning4189.patch
 )
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
@@ -18,17 +17,6 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
 vcpkg_install_cmake()
 file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.rst DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/fmt RENAME copyright)
 if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
-    if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore" OR NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME)
-        if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
-            file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
-            file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/fmtd.dll ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/fmtd.dll)
-        endif()
-        if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
-            file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
-            file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/fmt.dll ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/fmt.dll)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
     # Force FMT_SHARED to 1
     file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/fmt/core.h FMT_CORE_H)
     string(REPLACE "defined(FMT_SHARED)" "1" FMT_CORE_H "${FMT_CORE_H}")