diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/patches/version-relaxation.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/patches/version-relaxation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c94e5fa170e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/patches/version-relaxation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- ./pyproject.toml.orig	2023-10-02 14:33:56.359267774 -0400
-+++ ./pyproject.toml	2023-10-02 14:35:29.662565059 -0400
-@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
- # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
- # See https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/12940 for the AIX issue.
- requires = [
--    "meson-python==0.13.1",
--    "meson==1.2.1",
-+    "meson-python",
-+    "meson",
-     "wheel",
-     "Cython>=0.29.33,<3",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
-     # Note: numpy 1.25 has a backwards compatible C API by default
---- ./meson.build.orig	2023-10-02 14:42:02.161816469 -0400
-+++ ./meson.build	2023-09-20 15:24:13.000000000 -0400
-@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
-     'c', 'cpp', 'cython',
-     version: run_command(['generate_version.py', '--print'], check: true).stdout().strip(),
-     license: 'BSD-3',
--    meson_version: '>=1.2.1',
-+    meson_version: '>=1.2.0',
-     default_options: [
-         'buildtype=release',
-         'c_std=c99'
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
index c8e610dee33..79e6f846234 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pandas/template
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pandas'
 pkgname=python3-pandas
-version=2.1.4
-revision=1
+version=2.2.2
+revision=2
 build_style=python3-pep517
 build_helper="meson numpy"
-hostmakedepends="python3-meson-python python3-wheel python3-Cython0.29
+# Pandas imposes strict and unnecessary restrictions on build dependencies
+make_build_args="--skip-dependency-check"
+hostmakedepends="python3-meson-python python3-wheel python3-Cython
  python3-numpy python3-versioneer pkg-config"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy python3-dateutil python3-pytz"
 depends="python3-numpy python3-dateutil python3-pytz"
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://pandas.pydata.org/"
 changelog="https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/whatsnew/index.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=00e0b049bac3d60c5701cae1f2fe57314f6ab8ae302b28953d4f9337817f6fc1
+checksum=79bc6fb5505afd27875c93fec27cece74318470c4e274ec7ef48b16f046dc006
 # Builds seem to sometimes have missing symbol problems;
 # the intermittent nature suggests this might be a race
 disable_parallel_build=yes