diff --git a/ports/rapidfuzz-cpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/rapidfuzz-cpp/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1380ec015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/rapidfuzz-cpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO maxbachmann/rapidfuzz-cpp
+    REF "v${VERSION}"
+    SHA512 51d3e38ca0ec2592ee5562208180bc11d6e4b4663405d3541768c060e6fef72cb35338a53c03e7411601123e42480b35749fb59530f52dfa99b5ed18d21aa5ec
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(
+    PACKAGE_NAME rapidfuzz
+    CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/rapidfuzz
+)
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/")
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/")
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/ports/rapidfuzz-cpp/vcpkg.json b/ports/rapidfuzz-cpp/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57a9680b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/rapidfuzz-cpp/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "rapidfuzz-cpp",
+  "version": "3.3.3",
+  "description": "Rapid fuzzy string matching library for C++ using the Levenshtein Distance.",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz-cpp",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ports/rapidfuzz/portfile.cmake b/ports/rapidfuzz/portfile.cmake
index 7ebf1510c0..065116c276 100644
--- a/ports/rapidfuzz/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/rapidfuzz/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,18 +1 @@
-vcpkg_from_github(
-    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
-    REPO maxbachmann/rapidfuzz-cpp
-    REF "v${VERSION}"
-    SHA512 51d3e38ca0ec2592ee5562208180bc11d6e4b4663405d3541768c060e6fef72cb35338a53c03e7411601123e42480b35749fb59530f52dfa99b5ed18d21aa5ec
-    HEAD_REF master
-)
-
-vcpkg_cmake_configure(
-    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-)
-
-vcpkg_cmake_install()
-vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/${PORT})
-
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/")
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/")
-vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
diff --git a/ports/rapidfuzz/vcpkg.json b/ports/rapidfuzz/vcpkg.json
index 37cbd4fc31..9133429c77 100644
--- a/ports/rapidfuzz/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/rapidfuzz/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,17 +1,10 @@
 {
   "name": "rapidfuzz",
-  "version": "3.3.3",
+  "version-string": "deprecated",
   "description": "Rapid fuzzy string matching library for C++ using the Levenshtein Distance.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/maxbachmann/rapidfuzz-cpp",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": [
-    {
-      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
-      "host": true
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
-      "host": true
-    }
+    "rapidfuzz-cpp"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index d863cc20a2..d52abe2c55 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -8405,6 +8405,10 @@
       "port-version": 0
     },
     "rapidfuzz": {
+      "baseline": "deprecated",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
+    "rapidfuzz-cpp": {
       "baseline": "3.3.3",
       "port-version": 0
     },
diff --git a/versions/r-/rapidfuzz-cpp.json b/versions/r-/rapidfuzz-cpp.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b0da0a295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/r-/rapidfuzz-cpp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "114d779da3cba2c67a438f8715d7188502080c1e",
+      "version": "3.3.3",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/r-/rapidfuzz.json b/versions/r-/rapidfuzz.json
index 060470e93c..1a105ffa6d 100644
--- a/versions/r-/rapidfuzz.json
+++ b/versions/r-/rapidfuzz.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "66ec151d624bc1139fabb9d47d17a259df22d1d5",
+      "version-string": "deprecated",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "73c7d30319b51bf541018870a77e7ca5a1c183bd",
       "version": "3.3.3",