diff --git a/srcpkgs/meson/patches/fix-pkg-config-native-not-found.patch b/srcpkgs/meson/patches/fix-pkg-config-native-not-found.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c364e9efa30..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/meson/patches/fix-pkg-config-native-not-found.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Source: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1736
-Upstream: Unknown
-Reason: prevents meson from caching a variable with the value of the cross-compile pkg-config that can be later used to fetch the value of a native pkg-config, fixes problems with finding native: true dependencies.
-
---- mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
-+++ mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
-@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
-                 potential_pkgbin = ExternalProgram.from_cross_info(environment.cross_info, 'pkgconfig')
-                 if potential_pkgbin.found():
-                     self.pkgbin = potential_pkgbin
--                    PkgConfigDependency.class_pkgbin = self.pkgbin
-                 else:
-                     mlog.debug('Cross pkg-config %s not found.' % potential_pkgbin.name)
-         # Only search for the native pkg-config the first time and
-<Paste>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/meson/template b/srcpkgs/meson/template
index 46eafed15fc..c7517e8f3c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/meson/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/meson/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'meson'
 pkgname=meson
-version=0.48.2
+version=0.49.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python3-module
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://mesonbuild.com"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mesonbuild/meson/master/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-${version%.?}.0.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1daac2fd3d97f26a28f6f7e9addccc85a526a471dbd836613ce34130f69adcc0
+checksum=11bc959e7173e714e4a4e85dd2bd9d0149b0a51c8ba82d5f44cc63735f603c74
 
 do_check() {
 	# meson depends on trillion of things to perform actual tests