diff --git a/ports/catch/CONTROL b/ports/catch/CONTROL
index 2975af5558..f486f31b0f 100644
--- a/ports/catch/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/catch/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Source: catch
-Version: 2.0.1-1
-Description: C++ Automated Test Cases in Headers
+Version: alias
+Build-Depends: catch2
+Description: Deprecated alias for Catch2 unit testing framework
diff --git a/ports/catch/portfile.cmake b/ports/catch/portfile.cmake
index a1c5033cfe..065116c276 100644
--- a/ports/catch/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/catch/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,18 +1 @@
-include(vcpkg_common_functions)
-
-set(CATCH_VERSION v2.0.1)
-
-vcpkg_download_distfile(HEADER
-    URLS "https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2/releases/download/${CATCH_VERSION}/catch.hpp"
-    FILENAME "catch-${CATCH_VERSION}.hpp"
-    SHA512 e5e58c3a190cb0e848e19e885037e88e1b864e017f42b1306569850436c1c691b65640759d467061486931e7465a2b906fdd9e5208911b660fd960bf718305b4
-)
-
-vcpkg_download_distfile(LICENSE
-    URLS "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/catchorg/Catch2/${CATCH_VERSION}/LICENSE.txt"
-    FILENAME "catch-LICENSE-${CATCH_VERSION}.txt"
-    SHA512 d6078467835dba8932314c1c1e945569a64b065474d7aced27c9a7acc391d52e9f234138ed9f1aa9cd576f25f12f557e0b733c14891d42c16ecdc4a7bd4d60b8
-)
-
-file(INSTALL ${HEADER} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include RENAME catch.hpp)
-file(INSTALL ${LICENSE} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/catch RENAME copyright)
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)