diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
index 1e50fa8e59..3ddaa609bd 100755
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/build
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ cd $PKG_BUILD
             --disable-dependency-tracking \
             --disable-docs
 
-for m in fc-case fc-glyphname fc-lang fc-arch; do
-  sed -i "s|LDFLAGS =.*|LDFLAGS =|" $m/Makefile
-  sed -i "s|CFLAGS =.*|CFLAGS =${HOST_CFLAGS}|" $m/Makefile
-done
-
-make
+make V=1
 
 $MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
index b83fe3a965..8ed23cf82f 100644
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="fontconfig"
-PKG_VERSION="2.8.0"
+PKG_VERSION="2.9.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"