diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
index b6c62d99f7..fe626f86a1 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="glib"
-PKG_VERSION="2.61.1"
-PKG_SHA256="f8d827955f0d8e197ff5c2105dd6ac4f6b63d15cd021eb1de66534c92a762161"
+PKG_VERSION="2.63.4"
+PKG_SHA256="d6ba2b0cde747367f43ad64751221d5beb95de1739a89856316df804e3447618"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gtk.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/$(get_pkg_version_maj_min)/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/patches/001_drop-build-tests.patch b/packages/devel/glib/patches/001_drop-build-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dd0b5cb501..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/glib/patches/001_drop-build-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur glib-2.61.1.org/gio/meson.build glib-2.61.1/gio/meson.build
---- glib-2.61.1.org/gio/meson.build	2019-05-24 19:00:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ glib-2.61.1/gio/meson.build	2019-08-26 09:21:14.893507207 +0200
-@@ -994,8 +994,3 @@
- endif
- 
- subdir('fam')
--# Don’t build the tests unless we can run them (either natively or in an exe wrapper)
--build_tests = not meson.is_cross_build() or (meson.is_cross_build() and meson.has_exe_wrapper())
--if build_tests
--    subdir('tests')
--endif
-\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
-diff -Naur glib-2.61.1.org/glib/meson.build glib-2.61.1/glib/meson.build
---- glib-2.61.1.org/glib/meson.build	2019-05-24 19:00:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ glib-2.61.1/glib/meson.build	2019-08-26 09:21:22.941561248 +0200
-@@ -459,8 +459,3 @@
-     install : true)
- endif
- 
--# Don’t build the tests unless we can run them (either natively or in an exe wrapper)
--build_tests = not meson.is_cross_build() or (meson.is_cross_build() and meson.has_exe_wrapper())
--if build_tests
--  subdir('tests')
--endif
-\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
-diff -Naur glib-2.61.1.org/gobject/meson.build glib-2.61.1/gobject/meson.build
---- glib-2.61.1.org/gobject/meson.build	2019-05-24 19:00:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ glib-2.61.1/gobject/meson.build	2019-08-26 09:21:28.981601802 +0200
-@@ -166,8 +166,3 @@
-     install : true)
- endif
- 
--# Don’t build the tests unless we can run them (either natively or in an exe wrapper)
--build_tests = not meson.is_cross_build() or (meson.is_cross_build() and meson.has_exe_wrapper())
--if build_tests
--  subdir('tests')
--endif
-\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.
-diff -Naur glib-2.61.1.org/meson.build glib-2.61.1/meson.build
---- glib-2.61.1.org/meson.build	2019-05-24 19:00:33.000000000 +0200
-+++ glib-2.61.1/meson.build	2019-08-26 09:21:08.029461110 +0200
-@@ -2045,11 +2045,6 @@
- subdir('gmodule')
- subdir('gio')
- subdir('fuzzing')
--# Don’t build the tests unless we can run them (either natively or in an exe wrapper)
--build_tests = not meson.is_cross_build() or (meson.is_cross_build() and meson.has_exe_wrapper())
--if build_tests
--  subdir('tests')
--endif
- 
- # xgettext is optional (on Windows for instance)
- if find_program('xgettext', required : get_option('nls')).found()
diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/patches/glib-001-drop-build-tests.patch b/packages/devel/glib/patches/glib-001-drop-build-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0fb4db27e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/patches/glib-001-drop-build-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 135f1c814b81b18d7546cb5d8b7246463e7704bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: MilhouseVH <milhouseVH.github@nmacleod.com>
+Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 05:56:34 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] tests are broken when cross-compiling so don't build them
+
+---
+ meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index cbacf0d..84d2c9e 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ installed_tests_template = files('template.test.in')
+ installed_tests_template_tap = files('template-tap.test.in')
+ 
+ # Don’t build the tests unless we can run them (either natively, in an exe wrapper, or by installing them for later use)
+-build_tests = not meson.is_cross_build() or (meson.is_cross_build() and meson.has_exe_wrapper()) or installed_tests_enabled
++build_tests = false
+ 
+ add_project_arguments('-D_GNU_SOURCE', language: 'c')
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.4
+