diff --git a/requirements.d/fuse.txt b/requirements.d/fuse.txt
index 08dee4582c..a8a479c695 100644
--- a/requirements.d/fuse.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/fuse.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 # low-level FUSE support library for "borg mount"
 # please see the comments in setup.py about llfuse.
-llfuse >=1.3.4, <1.3.7; python_version <"3.9"  # broken on py39
-llfuse >=1.3.7, <2.0; python_version >="3.9"  # broken on freebsd
+llfuse >=1.3.4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e19159c8c8..42221ab5eb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@
 # if you do not have llfuse, do not require it, most of borgbackup will work.
 extras_require = {
     'fuse': [
-        'llfuse >=1.3.4, <1.3.7; python_version <"3.9"',  # broken on py39
-        'llfuse >=1.3.7, <2.0; python_version >="3.9"',  # broken on freebsd
+        # 1.3.8 is the fixed version that works on py39 AND freebsd.
+        # if you cythonize yourself and make sure llfuse works for your
+        # OS and python version, you can use other versions than 1.3.8, too.
+        'llfuse >=1.3.4',  # should nowadays pull 1.3.8 or better
     ],
 }