diff --git a/package/waylandpp/0001-scanner-Fix-compiler-error-missing-stdexcept-to-use-.patch b/package/waylandpp/0001-scanner-Fix-compiler-error-missing-stdexcept-to-use-.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad5b84257f..0000000000
--- a/package/waylandpp/0001-scanner-Fix-compiler-error-missing-stdexcept-to-use-.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-From 85b61589b0c73f6c6974862af678ed2f82806ac5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
-Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 21:44:46 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] [scanner] Fix compiler error: missing <stdexcept> to use
- std::runtime_error
-
-Patch sent upstream as PR 50.
-
-Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
----
- scanner/scanner.cpp | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/scanner/scanner.cpp b/scanner/scanner.cpp
-index 9c97b7c..7019e0a 100644
---- a/scanner/scanner.cpp
-+++ b/scanner/scanner.cpp
-@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
- #include <sstream>
- #include <cctype>
- #include <cmath>
-+#include <stdexcept>
- 
- #include "pugixml.hpp"
- 
--- 
-2.18.0
-
diff --git a/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.hash b/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.hash
index 1b14814c47..c881514c12 100644
--- a/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.hash
+++ b/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256 ebd4a8447bb65f288cad0e04538f6ec704e155213fc2b9cc1a851534c70aacac  waylandpp-0.2.3.tar.gz
-sha256 49aa6d728fd13226952c9e3a5a9cae46379b2a501010064760172b5ce7cd94bb  LICENSE
+sha256 1fca204f02297df4a3f6e2c8771f3e38946a2ac3ae195a8020638f46c3083c95  waylandpp-41063c3e1de245bb7ea0c940e7400bd876bee25e.tar.gz
+sha256 8ff91f682a38f8a603b173222a60e8dc71754a79a522a316fb6b76ce138c542c  LICENSE
 sha256 8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  scanner/gpl-3.0.txt
diff --git a/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.mk b/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.mk
index ff17c35c1e..8f3ecfb134 100644
--- a/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.mk
+++ b/package/waylandpp/waylandpp.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-WAYLANDPP_VERSION = 0.2.3
+WAYLANDPP_VERSION = 41063c3e1de245bb7ea0c940e7400bd876bee25e
 WAYLANDPP_SITE = $(call github,NilsBrause,waylandpp,$(WAYLANDPP_VERSION))
 WAYLANDPP_LICENSE = MIT, GPL-3.0+ (wayland_scanner)
 WAYLANDPP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE scanner/gpl-3.0.txt
 WAYLANDPP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-HOST_WAYLANDPP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-wayland
+# pugixml is needed only to build the host version of wayland-scanner++
+HOST_WAYLANDPP_DEPENDENCIES = host-pugixml host-pkgconf host-wayland
 WAYLANDPP_DEPENDENCIES = libegl host-pkgconf wayland host-waylandpp
 
 # host variant of wayland-scanner++ is needed for building the target