diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/patches/quark_init_on_demand.patch b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/quark_init_on_demand.patch
index 039c123219c..458a2adab43 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/patches/quark_init_on_demand.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/quark_init_on_demand.patch
@@ -27,26 +27,6 @@ Call g_quark_init() where it is expected to have been called.
    return quark;
  }
  
-@@ -209,6 +213,9 @@
-     return 0;
- 
-   G_LOCK (quark_global);
-+#if !defined(__GLIBC__)
-+  g_quark_init ();
-+#endif
-   quark = quark_from_string (string, TRUE);
-   G_UNLOCK (quark_global);
- 
-@@ -243,6 +248,9 @@
-     return 0;
- 
-   G_LOCK (quark_global);
-+#if !defined(__GLIBC__)
-+  g_quark_init ();
-+#endif
-   quark = quark_from_string (string, FALSE);
-   G_UNLOCK (quark_global);
- 
 @@ -280,6 +286,7 @@
    GQuark quark;
    gchar **quarks_new;
@@ -55,23 +35,3 @@ Call g_quark_init() where it is expected to have been called.
    if (quark_seq_id % QUARK_BLOCK_SIZE == 0)
      {
        quarks_new = g_new (gchar*, quark_seq_id + QUARK_BLOCK_SIZE);
-@@ -323,6 +330,9 @@
-     return NULL;
- 
-   G_LOCK (quark_global);
-+#if !defined(__GLIBC__)
-+  g_quark_init ();
-+#endif
-   quark = quark_from_string (string, TRUE);
-   result = quarks[quark];
-   G_UNLOCK (quark_global);
-@@ -353,6 +361,9 @@
-     return NULL;
- 
-   G_LOCK (quark_global);
-+#if !defined(__GLIBC__)
-+  g_quark_init ();
-+#endif
-   quark = quark_from_string (string, FALSE);
-   result = quarks[quark];
-   G_UNLOCK (quark_global);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/patches/revert-revert-4976e81.patch b/srcpkgs/glib/patches/revert-revert-4976e81.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d9377a8237e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/patches/revert-revert-4976e81.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-This reverts the revert https://github.com/GNOME/glib/commit/4976e8109045b8aa72598668b809418d13e1f031
-as it turns out to make e.g. LibreOffice eat 100% CPU ( #10807 )
-
---- glib/gmain.c	2018-01-08 21:00:49.000000000 +0100
-+++ glib/gmain.c	2018-01-14 15:30:18.688036447 +0100
-@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@
- 
-   guint next_id;
-   GList *source_lists;
--  gint in_check_or_prepare;
-+  gboolean in_check_or_prepare;
-+  gboolean need_wakeup;
- 
-   GPollRec *poll_records;
-   guint n_poll_records;
-@@ -651,6 +652,7 @@
-   
-   context->pending_dispatches = g_ptr_array_new ();
-   
-+  context->need_wakeup = FALSE;
-   context->time_is_fresh = FALSE;
-   
-   context->wakeup = g_wakeup_new ();
-@@ -1127,17 +1129,11 @@
- static void
- conditional_wakeup (GMainContext *context)
- {
--  /* We want to signal wakeups in two cases:
--   *  1 When the context is owned by another thread
--   *  2 When the context owner is NULL (two subcases)
--   *   2a Possible if the context has never been acquired
--   *   2b Or if the context has no current owner
--   *
--   * At least case 2a) is necessary to ensure backwards compatibility with
--   * qemu's use of GMainContext.
--   * https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761102#c14
-+  /* This flag is set if at the start of prepare() we have no other ready
-+   * sources, and hence would wait in poll(). In that case, any other threads
-+   * attaching sources will need to signal a wakeup.
-    */
--  if (context->owner != G_THREAD_SELF)
-+  if (context->need_wakeup)
-     g_wakeup_signal (context->wakeup);
- }
- 
-@@ -3400,6 +3396,10 @@
-   
-   LOCK_CONTEXT (context);
- 
-+  /* context->need_wakeup is protected by LOCK_CONTEXT/UNLOCK_CONTEXT,
-+   * so need not set it yet.
-+   */
-+
-   context->time_is_fresh = FALSE;
- 
-   if (context->in_check_or_prepare)
-@@ -3525,6 +3525,8 @@
- 	}
-     }
-   g_source_iter_clear (&iter);
-+  /* See conditional_wakeup() where this is used */
-+  context->need_wakeup = (n_ready == 0);
- 
-   TRACE (GLIB_MAIN_CONTEXT_AFTER_PREPARE (context, current_priority, n_ready));
- 
-@@ -3659,6 +3661,12 @@
- 
-   TRACE (GLIB_MAIN_CONTEXT_BEFORE_CHECK (context, max_priority, fds, n_fds));
- 
-+  /* We don't need to wakeup during check or dispatch, because
-+   * all sources will be re-evaluated during prepare/query.
-+   */
-+  context->need_wakeup = FALSE;
-+
-+  /* And if we have a wakeup pending, acknowledge it */
-   for (i = 0; i < n_fds; i++)
-     {
-       if (fds[i].fd == context->wake_up_rec.fd)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index 3edd60a640e..42a5ba1c369 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
-version=2.54.3
-revision=2
+version=2.56.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libelf --disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config perl python libxslt docbook-xsl"
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ makedepends="zlib-devel pcre-devel libffi-devel dbus-devel elfutils-devel libmou
 short_desc="The GNU library of C routines"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gtk.org/"
-license="LGPL-2.1"
+license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/${version%.*}/glib-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=963fdc6685dc3da8e5381dfb9f15ca4b5709b28be84d9d05a9bb8e446abac0a8
+checksum=ecef6e17e97b8d9150d0e8a4b3edee1ac37331213b8a2a87a083deea408a0fc7
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" glib-devel"