diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/libxml-no-c-linkage.patch b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/libxml-no-c-linkage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e32182c2baa..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/libxml-no-c-linkage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- src/synfig/savecanvas.cpp	2018-09-08 08:07:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ src/synfig/savecanvas.cpp	2020-07-28 13:33:42.369091915 +0200
-@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@
- #include <ETL/stringf>
- #include "gradient.h"
- #include <errno.h>
--
--extern "C" {
- #include <libxml/tree.h>
--}
- 
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/template b/srcpkgs/synfig/template
index a4a11942dc9..699f885674b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfig/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'synfig'
 pkgname=synfig
-version=1.2.2
-revision=7
+version=1.4.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
 hostmakedepends="boost-build ImageMagick pkg-config intltool"
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ short_desc="CLI 2D vector and timeline-based animation software"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.synfig.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/synfig/synfig/releases/download/v${version}/source-synfig-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5f5f7b33483041165f9a63fe4d95eb815971c7444569e574206f6964e83cc2ef
+distfiles="https://github.com/synfig/synfig/releases/download/v${version}/synfig-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7f36d57eba9dc959e1deae89e6908585a08db7f2d9399915a46a9eff33080c9c
 
 CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11 -DHAVE_LOCALE_H=1"
 
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ synfig-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/bin/synfig-config
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 	}
 }