diff --git a/ports/assimp/dont-overwrite-prefix-path.patch b/ports/assimp/dont-overwrite-prefix-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fc58a99c5..000000000
--- a/ports/assimp/dont-overwrite-prefix-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index d781d1f..0d64d50 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ if (WIN32)
- endif()
- 
- IF(MSVC)
--  set (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "D:\\libs\\devil")
-   OPTION( ASSIMP_INSTALL_PDB
-     "Install MSVC debug files."
-     ON
diff --git a/ports/assimp/fix-static-build-error.patch b/ports/assimp/fix-static-build-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39531aed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/assimp/fix-static-build-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index dcafb64..6c3d03e 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ ELSEIF(MSVC)
+   IF(MSVC12)
+     ADD_COMPILE_OPTIONS(/wd4351)
+   ENDIF()
+-  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/D_DEBUG /MDd /Ob2 /DEBUG:FULL /Zi")
++#  SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/D_DEBUG /MDd /Ob2 /DEBUG:FULL /Zi")
+ ELSEIF ( "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang" )
+   IF(NOT HUNTER_ENABLED)
+     SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC -std=c++11 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/ports/assimp/portfile.cmake b/ports/assimp/portfile.cmake
index b690b79d0..df6850d08 100644
--- a/ports/assimp/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/assimp/portfile.cmake
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO assimp/assimp
-    REF v4.1.0
-    SHA512 5f1292de873ae16c9921d1d44f2871474d74c0ddfd76cc928a7d9b3e03aa6eca4cc72af0513da20a86d09c55d48646e610fd4a4f2b05364f08ad09cf27cbc67a
+    REF v5.0.0
+    SHA512 0f73b6e961cd8455d6b6c8c10ed8b99485d846c96377b5d4fcc3b83f737647207c1306aa3dd51dad9654fbfa61bfe1119b34646f90288ae7ecab45efa6fa418a
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
-        dont-overwrite-prefix-path.patch
         uninitialized-variable.patch
-        remove-useless-path.patch
+        fix-static-build-error.patch
 )
 
 file(REMOVE ${SOURCE_PATH}/cmake-modules/FindZLIB.cmake)
diff --git a/ports/assimp/remove-useless-path.patch b/ports/assimp/remove-useless-path.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d16494f98..000000000
--- a/ports/assimp/remove-useless-path.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 4a20cee..4fcb8dd 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ if (WIN32)
- endif()
- 
- IF(MSVC)
--  SET (CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "D:\\libs\\devil")
-   OPTION( ASSIMP_INSTALL_PDB
-     "Install MSVC debug files."
-     ON
diff --git a/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch b/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch
index f7b51c143..74b2ead4d 100644
--- a/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch
+++ b/ports/assimp/uninitialized-variable.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-diff --git a/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h b/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
-index 916fb1f..a7bc178 100644
---- a/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
-+++ b/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
-@@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@ mz_bool mz_zip_writer_add_mem_ex(mz_zip_archive *pZip, const char *pArchive_name
- #ifndef MINIZ_NO_STDIO
- mz_bool mz_zip_writer_add_file(mz_zip_archive *pZip, const char *pArchive_name, const char *pSrc_filename, const void *pComment, mz_uint16 comment_size, mz_uint level_and_flags)
- {
--  mz_uint uncomp_crc32 = MZ_CRC32_INIT, level, num_alignment_padding_bytes;
-+  mz_uint uncomp_crc32 = MZ_CRC32_INIT, level = 0, num_alignment_padding_bytes;
-   mz_uint16 method = 0, dos_time = 0, dos_date = 0, ext_attributes = 0;
-   mz_uint64 local_dir_header_ofs, cur_archive_file_ofs, uncomp_size = 0, comp_size = 0;
-   size_t archive_name_size;
+diff --git a/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h b/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
+index 2c27a94..8390dfd 100644
+--- a/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
++++ b/contrib/zip/src/miniz.h
+@@ -5944,7 +5944,7 @@ mz_bool mz_zip_writer_add_file(mz_zip_archive *pZip, const char *pArchive_name,
+                                const char *pSrc_filename, const void *pComment,
+                                mz_uint16 comment_size, mz_uint level_and_flags,
+                                mz_uint32 ext_attributes) {
+-  mz_uint uncomp_crc32 = MZ_CRC32_INIT, level, num_alignment_padding_bytes;
++  mz_uint uncomp_crc32 = MZ_CRC32_INIT, level=0, num_alignment_padding_bytes;
+   mz_uint16 method = 0, dos_time = 0, dos_date = 0;
+   time_t file_modified_time;
+   mz_uint64 local_dir_header_ofs, cur_archive_file_ofs, uncomp_size = 0,