diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
index daae63e06d..4f971bd565 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/package.mk
@@ -5,58 +5,19 @@
 # with 1.0.0 repeat delay is broken. test on upgrade
 
 PKG_NAME="v4l-utils"
-PKG_VERSION="1.24.1"
-PKG_SHA256="cbb7fe8a6307f5ce533a05cded70bb93c3ba06395ab9b6d007eb53b75d805f5b"
+PKG_VERSION="1.26.0"
+PKG_SHA256="dab463dc0215e55b2ef1f7a7ab230c3ae8102ea029547eefb4478da0fa8af505"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://linuxtv.org/"
-PKG_URL="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain alsa-lib elfutils ir-bpf-decoders libbpf systemd zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Linux V4L2 and DVB API utilities and v4l libraries (libv4l)."
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--without-jpeg \
-                           --enable-bpf \
-                           --enable-static \
-                           --disable-shared \
-                           --disable-doxygen-doc"
-
-pre_configure_target() {
-  # cec-ctl fails to build in subdirs
-  cd ${PKG_BUILD}
-  rm -rf .${TARGET_NAME}
-}
-
-make_target() {
-  make -C utils/keytable CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-  make -C utils/ir-ctl CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-  if [ "${CEC_FRAMEWORK_SUPPORT}" = "yes" ]; then
-    make -C utils/libcecutil CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-    make -C utils/cec-ctl CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-  fi
-  make -C lib CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-  make -C utils/dvb CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-  make -C utils/v4l2-ctl CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-
-  if [ "${LIBREELEC_VERSION}" == "devel" ]; then
-    make -C utils/v4l2-compliance CFLAGS="${TARGET_CFLAGS}"
-  fi
-}
-
-makeinstall_target() {
-  make install DESTDIR=${INSTALL} PREFIX=/usr -C utils/keytable
-  make install DESTDIR=${INSTALL} PREFIX=/usr -C utils/ir-ctl
-  if [ "${CEC_FRAMEWORK_SUPPORT}" = "yes" ]; then
-    make install DESTDIR=${INSTALL} PREFIX=/usr -C utils/cec-ctl
-  fi
-  make install DESTDIR=${INSTALL} PREFIX=/usr -C utils/dvb
-  make install DESTDIR=${INSTALL} PREFIX=/usr -C utils/v4l2-ctl
-
-  if [ "${LIBREELEC_VERSION}" == "devel" ]; then
-    make install DESTDIR=${INSTALL} PREFIX=/usr -C utils/v4l2-compliance
-  fi
-
-  cp ${PKG_BUILD}/contrib/lircd2toml.py ${INSTALL}/usr/bin/
-}
+PKG_MESON_OPTS_TARGET="-Ddefault_library=static \
+                       -Dprefer_static=true \
+                       -Dbpf=enabled \
+                       -Djpeg=disabled \
+                       -Ddoxygen-doc=disabled"
 
 create_multi_keymap() {
   local f name map
@@ -73,6 +34,17 @@ create_multi_keymap() {
 post_makeinstall_target() {
   local f keymap
 
+  if [ ! "${LIBREELEC_VERSION}" == "devel" ]; then
+    rm ${INSTALL}/usr/bin/v4l2-compliance
+  fi
+
+  cp ${PKG_BUILD}/contrib/lircd2toml.py ${INSTALL}/usr/bin/
+
+  rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/include
+  rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/gconv
+  rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/lib*
+  rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/etc/rc_keymaps
     ln -sf /storage/.config/rc_keymaps ${INSTALL}/etc/rc_keymaps
 
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-001-disable-doxygen-in-automake.patch b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-001-disable-doxygen-in-automake.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65cd971a02..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-001-disable-doxygen-in-automake.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 137dd2edea4d6c70b10caebebed4778716070ed2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2020 00:16:29 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] don't include doxygen autotools include
-
-Signed-off-by: Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
----
- Makefile.am | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
-index d20dfe0f..05dc8c1a 100644
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- 
- EXTRA_DIST = android-config.h sync-with-kernel.sh bootstrap.sh \
- 	doxygen_libdvbv5.cfg include COPYING.libv4l \
- 	COPYING.libdvbv5 README.libv4l README.lib-multi-threading \
- 	TODO.libdvbv5 doc/libdvbv5-index.doc
- 
--include $(top_srcdir)/aminclude.am
-+# include $(top_srcdir)/aminclude.am
--- 
-2.20.1
-
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-003-enable-bpf-without-clang.patch b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-003-enable-bpf-without-clang.patch
index 5e2052773f..191082cca3 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-003-enable-bpf-without-clang.patch
+++ b/packages/sysutils/v4l-utils/patches/v4l-utils-003-enable-bpf-without-clang.patch
@@ -5,36 +5,22 @@ Subject: [PATCH] disable bpf decoder build and drop bpf dependency on clang
 
 Signed-off-by: Matthias Reichl <hias@horus.com>
 ---
- configure.ac               | 2 +-
- utils/keytable/Makefile.am | 2 +-
- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ utils/keytable/meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+diff --git a/utils/keytable/meson.build b/utils/keytable/meson.build
 index 3bb1d2a5..7b633473 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
- AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_V4L2_COMPLIANCE_LIBV4L], [test x$ac_cv_func_fork = xyes -a x${enable_v4l2_compliance_libv4l} != xno])
- AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_V4L2_COMPLIANCE_32], [test x$ac_cv_func_fork = xyes -a x${enable_v4l2_compliance_32} = xyes])
- PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBBPF], [libbpf >= 0.7], [bpf_pc=yes], [bpf_pc=no])
--AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_BPF],          [test x$enable_bpf != xno -a x$libelf_pkgconfig = xyes -a x$CLANG = xclang -a x$bpf_pc = xyes])
-+AM_CONDITIONAL([WITH_BPF],          [test x$enable_bpf != xno -a x$libelf_pkgconfig = xyes -a x$bpf_pc = xyes])
- 
- # append -static to libtool compile and link command to enforce static libs
- AS_IF([test x$enable_libdvbv5 = xno], [AC_SUBST([ENFORCE_LIBDVBV5_STATIC], ["-static"])])
-diff --git a/utils/keytable/Makefile.am b/utils/keytable/Makefile.am
-index 4724897e..1c209fe2 100644
---- a/utils/keytable/Makefile.am
-+++ b/utils/keytable/Makefile.am
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- if WITH_BPF
- ir_keytable_LDFLAGS += $(LIBELF_LIBS) $(LIBBPF_LIBS)
- ir_keytable_CFLAGS = $(LIBBPF_CFLAGS)
--SUBDIRS = bpf_protocols
-+# SUBDIRS = bpf_protocols
+--- a/utils/keytable/meson.build	2023-11-25 13:27:49.000000000 +0000
++++ b/utils/keytable/meson.build	2023-11-26 08:10:06.173971103 +0000
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
+     ir_keytable_c_args += [
+         '-DHAVE_BPF',
+     ]
+-    subdir('bpf_protocols')
++    #subdir('bpf_protocols')
  endif
  
- EXTRA_DIST = 70-infrared.rules 50-rc_keymap.conf rc_keymaps rc_keymaps_userspace gen_input_events.pl gen_keytables.pl ir-keytable.1 rc_maps.cfg rc_keymap.5
+ ir_keytable_incdir = [
 -- 
 2.20.1