diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e45bd28e295..6f8a7b52cf8 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ libgweather-3.so.6 libgweather-3.10.0_1
 libgnomekbd.so.8 libgnomekbd-3.6.0_1
 libgnomekbdui.so.8 libgnomekbd-3.6.0_1
 libibus-1.0.so.5 ibus-1.4.99.20120917_1
-libxapian.so.22 libxapian-1.2.12_1
+libxapian.so.30 libxapian-1.4.0_1
 libzeitgeist-1.0.so.1 libzeitgeist-0.3.18_1
 libcolord-gtk.so.1 colord-gtk-0.1.23_1
 libgdm.so.1 libgdm-3.6.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xapian-core/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/xapian-core/patches/musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fac2c02823e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/xapian-core/patches/musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- common/socket_utils.cc.orig
-+++ common/socket_utils.cc
-@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ using namespace std;
- 
- #ifndef __WIN32__
- # include <sys/socket.h>
-+# include <sys/time.h>
- #else
- # include "safeerrno.h"
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xapian-core/template b/srcpkgs/xapian-core/template
index 99904e368fa..5f42b601229 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xapian-core/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xapian-core/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xapian-core'
 pkgname=xapian-core
-version=1.2.23
+version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.xapian.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://oligarchy.co.uk/xapian/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9783aeae4e1a6d06e5636b270db4b458a7d0804a31da158269f57fa5dc86347d
+checksum=10584f57112aa5e9c0e8a89e251aecbf7c582097638bfee79c1fe39a8b6a6477
 
 # xapian-config needs the .la
 keep_libtool_archives=yes