diff --git a/srcpkgs/kmscon/patches/define-SIGUNUSED-for-GLIBC.patch b/srcpkgs/kmscon/patches/define-SIGUNUSED-for-GLIBC.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 12ddca9ee0e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kmscon/patches/define-SIGUNUSED-for-GLIBC.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/pty.c
-+++ b/src/pty.c
-@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@
- 
- #define KMSCON_NREAD 16384
- 
-+/* ever since glibc 2.26 SIGUNUSED is no longer defined on any architerture
-+ * http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/signal.7.html
-+ * according to signal(7) SIGUNUSED is synonymous with SIGSYS, musl defines it as such
-+ */
-+#ifdef __GLIBC__
-+#define SIGUNUSED SIGSYS
-+#endif
-+
- struct kmscon_pty {
- 	unsigned long ref;
- 	struct ev_eloop *eloop;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kmscon/patches/sysmacros.patch b/srcpkgs/kmscon/patches/sysmacros.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 07a068427b9..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/kmscon/patches/sysmacros.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/src/uterm_vt.c	2013-10-23 23:15:18.865000000 +0200
-+++ b/src/uterm_vt.c	2020-05-27 11:59:09.636287929 +0200
-@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
- #include <sys/ioctl.h>
- #include <sys/signalfd.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
-+#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
- #include <termios.h>
- #include <time.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kmscon/template b/srcpkgs/kmscon/template
index 0683ed5d0ce..81cf56c8ef7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kmscon/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kmscon/template
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'kmscon'
 pkgname=kmscon
-version=8
-revision=7
-build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --disable-multi-seat"
+version=9.0.0
+revision=1
+build_style=meson
+configure_args="-Dwerror=false -Dtests=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config docbook-xsl xkeyboard-config libxslt"
 makedepends="MesaLib-devel pango-devel libtsm-devel libxkbcommon-devel
- libpciaccess-devel eudev-libudev-devel dbus-devel fuse-devel"
+ eudev-libudev-devel"
 depends="xkeyboard-config"
 short_desc="Terminal emulator based on Kernel Mode Setting (KMS)"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
-homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/kmscon"
-distfiles="${FREEDESKTOP_SITE}/kmscon/releases/kmscon-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0ab01c1cdc4fbd692ce765e80478bc2d9663a7c55a5c75cc7ac421366ee6ae2b
+homepage="https://github.com/Aetf/kmscon"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Aetf/kmscon/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=eb594e48768962b665959aa9a643934f986bee68163b4ab593b9e6c987be825c
 lib32disabled=yes
+make_check=no #tests require permission to access a drm device
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc*) broken="ftbfs";;