diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
index 5d16f752c7..2e8922ce54 100644
--- a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
+++ b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fontconfig
-PKG_VERSION:=2.13.93
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.13.94
+PKG_RELEASE:=$(AUTORELEASE)
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://fontconfig.org/release/
-PKG_HASH:=ea968631eadc5739bc7c8856cef5c77da812d1f67b763f5e51b57b8026c1a0a0
+PKG_HASH:=a5f052cb73fd479ffb7b697980510903b563bbb55b8f7a2b001fcfb94026003c
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=
 PKG_LICENSE:=
diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/patches/010-Handle-absolute-sysconfdir-when-installing-symlinks.patch b/utils/fontconfig/patches/010-Handle-absolute-sysconfdir-when-installing-symlinks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e937c9510a..0000000000
--- a/utils/fontconfig/patches/010-Handle-absolute-sysconfdir-when-installing-symlinks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From 4e42925096e97f4a6c9d09f475de7eb54a226668 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Heiko Becker <heirecka@exherbo.org>
-Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 21:04:26 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Handle absolute sysconfdir when installing symlinks
-
-sysconfdir defaults to /etc when the prefix is set to /usr. But joining
-MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX and sysconfdir when the latter is an
-absoulte path, results in sysconfdir only. Which might lead to an error
-during install because /etc/fonts/conf.d/ might already exist from an
-pre-existing fontconfig installation.
----
- conf.d/link_confs.py | 9 ++++++++-
- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
---- a/conf.d/link_confs.py
-+++ b/conf.d/link_confs.py
-@@ -11,7 +11,14 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
-     parser.add_argument('links', nargs='+')
-     args = parser.parse_args()
- 
--    confpath = os.path.join(os.environ['MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX'], args.confpath)
-+    if os.path.isabs(args.confpath):
-+        destdir = os.environ.get('DESTDIR')
-+        if destdir:
-+            confpath = os.path.join(destdir, args.confpath[1:])
-+        else:
-+            confpath = args.confpath
-+    else:
-+        confpath = os.path.join(os.environ['MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX'], args.confpath)
- 
-     if not os.path.exists(confpath):
-         os.makedirs(confpath)
diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/patches/020-distutils.patch b/utils/fontconfig/patches/020-distutils.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 759b59a782..0000000000
--- a/utils/fontconfig/patches/020-distutils.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ expat_dep = dependency('expat',
- 
- i18n = import('i18n')
- pkgmod = import('pkgconfig')
--python3 = import('python').find_installation()
-+python3 = 'python3'
- 
- check_headers = [
-   ['dirent.h'],