diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/2.9.2-regressions.patch b/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/2.9.2-regressions.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fb01607cd0a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/2.9.2-regressions.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-$NetBSD: patch-ba,v 1.3 2014/10/28 18:55:56 drochner Exp $
-
-https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=f65128f38289d77ff322d63aef2858cc0a819c34
-https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=72a46a519ce7326d9a00f0b6a7f2a8e958cd1675
-
---- parser.c.orig	2014-10-16 05:57:40.000000000 +0000
-+++ parser.c
-@@ -7235,7 +7235,8 @@ xmlParseReference(xmlParserCtxtPtr ctxt)
-      * far more secure as the parser will only process data coming from
-      * the document entity by default.
-      */
--    if ((ent->checked == 0) &&
-+    if (((ent->checked == 0) ||
-+	 ((ent->children == NULL) && (ctxt->options & XML_PARSE_NOENT))) &&
-         ((ent->etype != XML_EXTERNAL_GENERAL_PARSED_ENTITY) ||
-          (ctxt->options & (XML_PARSE_NOENT | XML_PARSE_DTDVALID)))) {
- 	unsigned long oldnbent = ctxt->nbentities;
-@@ -14830,9 +14831,6 @@ xmlInitParser(void) {
- #ifdef LIBXML_XPATH_ENABLED
- 	xmlXPathInit();
- #endif
--#ifdef LIBXML_CATALOG_ENABLED
--        xmlInitializeCatalog();
--#endif
- 	xmlParserInitialized = 1;
- #ifdef LIBXML_THREAD_ENABLED
-     }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-pthread.patch b/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-pthread.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b0467f15a55..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/libxml2-pthread.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
---- threads.c	2013-07-24 03:30:55.160000003 +0000
-+++ threads.c	2013-07-24 03:33:50.323000003 +0000
-@@ -47,49 +47,7 @@
- #ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_H
- 
- static int libxml_is_threaded = -1;
--#ifdef __GNUC__
--#ifdef linux
--#if (__GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3) || (__GNUC__ > 3)
--extern int pthread_once (pthread_once_t *__once_control,
--                         void (*__init_routine) (void))
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern void *pthread_getspecific (pthread_key_t __key)
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_setspecific (pthread_key_t __key,
--                                __const void *__pointer)
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_key_create (pthread_key_t *__key,
--                               void (*__destr_function) (void *))
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_key_delete (pthread_key_t __key)
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_mutex_init ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_mutex_destroy ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_mutex_lock ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_mutex_unlock ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_cond_init ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_cond_destroy ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_cond_wait ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_equal ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern pthread_t pthread_self ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_key_create ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_key_delete ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--extern int pthread_cond_signal ()
--	   __attribute((weak));
--#endif
--#endif /* linux */
--#endif /* __GNUC__ */
-+
- #endif /* HAVE_PTHREAD_H */
- 
- /*
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index f79b7f06557..867e12e866d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.9.2
-revision=4
+version=2.9.3
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel pkg-config python-devel"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=5178c30b151d044aefb1b08bf54c3003a0ac55c59c866763997529d60770d5bc
+checksum=4de9e31f46b44d34871c22f54bfc54398ef124d6f7cafb1f4a5958fbcd3ba12d
 
 LDFLAGS="-lz -llzma -lpthread"