diff --git a/ports/simdjson/CONTROL b/ports/simdjson/CONTROL
index df8c5deba92..14f70df1c28 100644
--- a/ports/simdjson/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/simdjson/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: simdjson
-Version: 2019-08-05
+Version: 2019-12-27
 Description: A extremely fast JSON library that can parse gigabytes of JSON per second
 Homepage: https://github.com/lemire/simdjson
diff --git a/ports/simdjson/no_benchmark.patch b/ports/simdjson/no_benchmark.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74c40fd7453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/simdjson/no_benchmark.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 9668819..cf5e89f 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ include(include/CMakeLists.txt)
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ add_subdirectory(tools)
+ add_subdirectory(tests)
+-add_subdirectory(benchmark)
+
+ # for fuzzing, read the comments in the fuzz/CMakeLists.txt file
+ option(ENABLE_FUZZING "enable building the fuzzers" ON)
+@@ -73,5 +72,3 @@ set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+ set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ;ZIP")
+
+ include(CPack)
+-
+-
+--
+2.20.1.windows.1
diff --git a/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake b/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
index a5eea7b6829..c8f3b67ecd0 100644
--- a/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
-include(vcpkg_common_functions)
-
 # https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/issues/5418#issuecomment-470519894
-if(TARGET_TRIPLET MATCHES "^(x86|arm-)")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "simdjson doesn't support x86 or 32-bit ARM architecture.")
-elseif(TARGET_TRIPLET MATCHES "^arm64")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "simdjson doesn't support ARM64 architecture currently.")
-endif()
+vcpkg_fail_port_install(ON_ARCH "arm" "arm64" "x86")
 
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO lemire/simdjson
-    REF d9a0e2b8f441c20ad46276fdb8ce24f2aebdc07b
-    SHA512 05523c59b95485b93646370ac1ef9f80a72351a5bfe76797c5bbbf249bedd81b962dad19040a7eaac80744aaec18be9bec1120da44a9a1e4328e68b3d671bdaf
+    REF 4da06830f1389c8cd33171f5ab3558e79f0ece04
+    SHA512 ffb11ee91f97d975fba2946653c9c847565933380f94e334d15e627f77a7a750702c539ca55d17e077b2ed0a79006f56a3b9a202d888bb7e2e3f0484237cb537
     HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/no_benchmark.patch
 )
 
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC)
@@ -37,7 +32,4 @@ file(REMOVE_RECURSE
 )
 
 # Handle copyright
-configure_file(${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/copyright COPYONLY)
-
-# CMake integration test
-vcpkg_test_cmake(PACKAGE_NAME ${PORT})
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)