diff --git a/rusqlite-fix-metadata.diff b/rusqlite-fix-metadata.diff
index 8974877..0634a96 100644
--- a/rusqlite-fix-metadata.diff
+++ b/rusqlite-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --- rusqlite-0.31.0/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T00:00:01+00:00
-+++ rusqlite-0.31.0/Cargo.toml	2024-09-29T17:57:46.314502+00:00
++++ rusqlite-0.31.0/Cargo.toml	2024-09-29T18:29:36.129354+00:00
 @@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
  name = "load_extension"
  required-features = [
@@ -19,7 +19,17 @@
  
  [dependencies.serde_json]
  version = "1.0"
-@@ -170,23 +165,6 @@
+@@ -143,9 +138,6 @@
+ version = "1.0"
+ optional = true
+ 
+-[dev-dependencies.bencher]
+-version = "0.1"
+-
+ [dev-dependencies.doc-comment]
+ version = "0.3"
+ 
+@@ -170,23 +162,6 @@
  backup = []
  blob = []
  buildtime_bindgen = ["libsqlite3-sys/buildtime_bindgen"]
@@ -43,7 +53,7 @@
  collation = []
  column_decltype = []
  csvtab = [
-@@ -197,13 +175,8 @@
+@@ -197,13 +172,8 @@
  functions = []
  hooks = []
  i128_blob = []
@@ -57,7 +67,7 @@
  modern-full = [
      "array",
      "backup",
-@@ -229,7 +202,7 @@
+@@ -229,7 +199,7 @@
      "vtab",
      "window",
  ]
@@ -66,7 +76,7 @@
  release_memory = []
  serialize = ["modern_sqlite"]
  series = ["vtab"]
-@@ -237,13 +210,10 @@
+@@ -237,13 +207,10 @@
      "libsqlite3-sys/session",
      "hooks",
  ]
diff --git a/rust-rusqlite.spec b/rust-rusqlite.spec
index 3aa48c7..95e8a1a 100644
--- a/rust-rusqlite.spec
+++ b/rust-rusqlite.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Source:         %{crates_source}
 # * drop Windows- and WASM-specific features and dependencies
 # * drop unused optional rusqlite_macros dependency
 # * drop unused support for sqlcipher
+# * drop unused, benchmark-only bencher dev-dependency
 Patch:          rusqlite-fix-metadata.diff
 
 BuildRequires:  cargo-rpm-macros >= 24
diff --git a/rust2rpm.toml b/rust2rpm.toml
index f34a609..c54beda 100644
--- a/rust2rpm.toml
+++ b/rust2rpm.toml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ cargo-toml-patch-comments = [
     "drop Windows- and WASM-specific features and dependencies",
     "drop unused optional rusqlite_macros dependency",
     "drop unused support for sqlcipher",
+    "drop unused, benchmark-only bencher dev-dependency",
 ]