diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk
index 3e087ece8b..326d23082e 100644
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk
+++ b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/package.mk
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="fontconfig"
-PKG_VERSION="2.12.1"
-PKG_SHA256="a9f42d03949f948a3a4f762287dbc16e53a927c91a07ee64207ebd90a9e5e292"
+PKG_VERSION="2.12.4"
+PKG_SHA256="fd5a6a663f4c4a00e196523902626654dd0c4a78686cbc6e472f338e50fdf806"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.fontconfig.org"
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/patches/fontconfig-01-avoid-conflicts-with-integer-width-macros.patch b/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/patches/fontconfig-01-avoid-conflicts-with-integer-width-macros.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cad71707ad..0000000000
--- a/packages/x11/other/fontconfig/patches/fontconfig-01-avoid-conflicts-with-integer-width-macros.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-From 20cddc824c6501c2082cac41b162c34cd5fcc530 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:32:00 -0800
-Subject: [PATCH] Avoid conflicts with integer width macros from TS
- 18661-1:2014
-
-glibc 2.25+ has now defined these macros in <limits.h>
-https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=5b17fd0da62bf923cb61d1bb7b08cf2e1f1f9c1a
-
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
----
-Upstream-Status: Submitted
-
- fontconfig/fontconfig.h | 2 +-
- src/fcobjs.h            | 2 +-
- src/fcobjshash.gperf    | 2 +-
- src/fcobjshash.h        | 2 +-
- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-Index: fontconfig-2.12.1/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
-===================================================================
---- fontconfig-2.12.1.orig/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
-+++ fontconfig-2.12.1/fontconfig/fontconfig.h
-@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ typedef int		FcBool;
- #define FC_USER_CACHE_FILE	    ".fonts.cache-" FC_CACHE_VERSION
- 
- /* Adjust outline rasterizer */
--#define FC_CHAR_WIDTH	    "charwidth"	/* Int */
-+#define FC_CHARWIDTH	    "charwidth"	/* Int */
-+#define FC_CHAR_WIDTH	    FC_CHARWIDTH
- #define FC_CHAR_HEIGHT	    "charheight"/* Int */
- #define FC_MATRIX	    "matrix"    /* FcMatrix */
- 
-Index: fontconfig-2.12.1/src/fcobjs.h
-===================================================================
---- fontconfig-2.12.1.orig/src/fcobjs.h
-+++ fontconfig-2.12.1/src/fcobjs.h
-@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ FC_OBJECT (DPI,			FcTypeDouble,	NULL)
- FC_OBJECT (RGBA,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
- FC_OBJECT (SCALE,		FcTypeDouble,	NULL)
- FC_OBJECT (MINSPACE,		FcTypeBool,	NULL)
--FC_OBJECT (CHAR_WIDTH,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
-+FC_OBJECT (CHARWIDTH,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
- FC_OBJECT (CHAR_HEIGHT,		FcTypeInteger,	NULL)
- FC_OBJECT (MATRIX,		FcTypeMatrix,	NULL)
- FC_OBJECT (CHARSET,		FcTypeCharSet,	FcCompareCharSet)
-Index: fontconfig-2.12.1/src/fcobjshash.gperf
-===================================================================
---- fontconfig-2.12.1.orig/src/fcobjshash.gperf
-+++ fontconfig-2.12.1/src/fcobjshash.gperf
-@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int id;
- "rgba",FC_RGBA_OBJECT
- "scale",FC_SCALE_OBJECT
- "minspace",FC_MINSPACE_OBJECT
--"charwidth",FC_CHAR_WIDTH_OBJECT
-+"charwidth",FC_CHARWIDTH_OBJECT
- "charheight",FC_CHAR_HEIGHT_OBJECT
- "matrix",FC_MATRIX_OBJECT
- "charset",FC_CHARSET_OBJECT
-Index: fontconfig-2.12.1/src/fcobjshash.h
-===================================================================
---- fontconfig-2.12.1.orig/src/fcobjshash.h
-+++ fontconfig-2.12.1/src/fcobjshash.h
-@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ FcObjectTypeLookup (register const char
-       {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str43,FC_CHARSET_OBJECT},
-       {-1},
- #line 47 "fcobjshash.gperf"
--      {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str45,FC_CHAR_WIDTH_OBJECT},
-+      {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str45,FC_CHARWIDTH_OBJECT},
- #line 48 "fcobjshash.gperf"
-       {(int)(long)&((struct FcObjectTypeNamePool_t *)0)->FcObjectTypeNamePool_str46,FC_CHAR_HEIGHT_OBJECT},
- #line 55 "fcobjshash.gperf"