diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/patches/01-locale.patch b/srcpkgs/fontconfig/patches/01-locale.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cf46d8cb9b9..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/patches/01-locale.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-From 923b5be626a6e03fbaeee0b5cd6d0246c2f8f36f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Akira TAGOH <akira@tagoh.org>
-Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:35:05 +0900
-Subject: Do not override locale if already set by app
-
-https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105492
----
- src/fccfg.c | 7 ++++++-
- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/fccfg.c b/src/fccfg.c
-index eb0b76d..e311f17 100644
---- src/fccfg.c
-+++ src/fccfg.c
-@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@ retry_locale:
-     is_locale_initialized = (intptr_t) fc_atomic_ptr_get (&static_is_locale_initialized);
-     if (!is_locale_initialized)
-     {
-+	char *loc;
-+
- 	is_locale_initialized = FcTrue;
- 	if (!fc_atomic_ptr_cmpexch (&static_is_locale_initialized, NULL,
- 				    (void *)(intptr_t) is_locale_initialized))
- 	    goto retry_locale;
--	setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-+
-+	loc = setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL);
-+	if (!loc || strcmp (loc, "C") == 0)
-+	    setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
-     }
- retry_config:
-     config = fc_atomic_ptr_get (&_fcConfig);
--- 
-cgit v1.1
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/patches/02-locale.patch b/srcpkgs/fontconfig/patches/02-locale.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e244a96889f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/patches/02-locale.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-From 98eaef69af1350e459bf9c175476d3b772968874 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Akira TAGOH <akira@tagoh.org>
-Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:17:52 +0900
-Subject: Leave the locale setting to applications
-
-https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=105492
----
- fc-conflist/fc-conflist.c |  2 ++
- src/fccfg.c               | 22 ++--------------------
- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/fc-conflist/fc-conflist.c b/fc-conflist/fc-conflist.c
-index d02273b..5c40a0f 100644
---- fc-conflist/fc-conflist.c
-+++ fc-conflist/fc-conflist.c
-@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- #include <string.h>
-+#include <locale.h>
- 
- #ifdef ENABLE_NLS
- #include <libintl.h>
-@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
- #if HAVE_GETOPT_LONG || HAVE_GETOPT
-     int		c;
- 
-+    setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
- #if HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
-     while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "Vh", longopts, NULL)) != -1)
- #else
-diff --git a/src/fccfg.c b/src/fccfg.c
-index e311f17..e35c451 100644
---- src/fccfg.c
-+++ src/fccfg.c
-@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
- 
- #include "fcint.h"
- #include <dirent.h>
--#include <locale.h>
- #include <sys/types.h>
- 
- #if defined (_WIN32) && !defined (R_OK)
-@@ -39,24 +38,7 @@ static FcConfig *
- FcConfigEnsure (void)
- {
-     FcConfig	*config;
--    FcBool	is_locale_initialized;
--    static void *static_is_locale_initialized;
--retry_locale:
--    is_locale_initialized = (intptr_t) fc_atomic_ptr_get (&static_is_locale_initialized);
--    if (!is_locale_initialized)
--    {
--	char *loc;
--
--	is_locale_initialized = FcTrue;
--	if (!fc_atomic_ptr_cmpexch (&static_is_locale_initialized, NULL,
--				    (void *)(intptr_t) is_locale_initialized))
--	    goto retry_locale;
--
--	loc = setlocale (LC_ALL, NULL);
--	if (!loc || strcmp (loc, "C") == 0)
--	    setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
--    }
--retry_config:
-+retry:
-     config = fc_atomic_ptr_get (&_fcConfig);
-     if (!config)
-     {
-@@ -64,7 +46,7 @@ retry_config:
- 
- 	if (!fc_atomic_ptr_cmpexch (&_fcConfig, NULL, config)) {
- 	    FcConfigDestroy (config);
--	    goto retry_config;
-+	    goto retry;
- 	}
-     }
-     return config;
--- 
-cgit v1.1
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template b/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template
index e969026bfc9..1deb07eca60 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontconfig/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-# Template build file for 'fontconfig'.
+# Template file for 'fontconfig'
 pkgname=fontconfig
-version=2.13.0
-revision=2
+version=2.13.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --enable-docs --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/$pkgname"
+configure_args="--disable-static --enable-docs --with-cache-dir=/var/cache/${pkgname}"
 hostmakedepends="gperf pkg-config"
 makedepends="expat-devel freetype-devel libuuid-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"
 short_desc="Library for configuring and customizing font access"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="http://www.fontconfig.org"
 license="MIT"
-distfiles="${FREEDESKTOP_SITE}/${pkgname}/release/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=91dde8492155b7f34bb95079e79be92f1df353fcc682c19be90762fd3e12eeb9
+homepage="http://www.fontconfig.org"
+distfiles="${FREEDESKTOP_SITE}/${pkgname}/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=f655dd2a986d7aa97e052261b36aa67b0a64989496361eca8d604e6414006741
 
 pre_build() {
 	# trick to regenerate hash functions :-)