diff --git a/databases/mongodb50/Makefile b/databases/mongodb50/Makefile
index ec632d679b81..81773174a4a4 100644
--- a/databases/mongodb50/Makefile
+++ b/databases/mongodb50/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 PORTNAME=	mongodb
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	r
-DISTVERSION=	5.0.0-rc0
+DISTVERSION=	5.0.0-rc1
 CATEGORIES=	databases net
 MASTER_SITES=	https://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/ \
 		http://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libpcre.so:devel/pcre \
 		libcurl.so:ftp/curl \
 		libsnappy.so:archivers/snappy
 
-USES=		compiler:c++17-lang cpe python:3.5+,build scons shebangfix
+USES=		compiler:c++17-lang cpe python:3.5+,build scons
 USE_RC_SUBR=	mongod
 
 CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	mongodb36 mongodb4[024]
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ CONFLICTS_INSTALL=	mongodb36 mongodb4[024]
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	LTO SASL SSL
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=LTO SASL SSL
 
-python_OLD_CMD=	@python_interpreter@
 MAKE_ARGS=	--use-system-zlib \
 		--use-system-pcre \
 		--use-system-snappy \
diff --git a/databases/mongodb50/distinfo b/databases/mongodb50/distinfo
index 8a71f16d49e9..9c502acdda63 100644
--- a/databases/mongodb50/distinfo
+++ b/databases/mongodb50/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1622204953
-SHA256 (mongodb-src-r5.0.0-rc0.tar.gz) = 9ebf1de0a9e1d436928e69cd75a99f385e6cde83f2d60e72ac5c1d714646751c
-SIZE (mongodb-src-r5.0.0-rc0.tar.gz) = 54327208
+TIMESTAMP = 1623670264
+SHA256 (mongodb-src-r5.0.0-rc1.tar.gz) = 17b4998385e82855bb6a17056ae75e1811c2784c14b6ba89706f0ad17f5279dc
+SIZE (mongodb-src-r5.0.0-rc1.tar.gz) = 54409236