diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontmanager/patches/vala-0.54.patch b/srcpkgs/fontmanager/patches/vala-0.54.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f6760fd442..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fontmanager/patches/vala-0.54.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From f9c4621389dae5999ca9d2f3c8402c2512a9ea60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jerry Casiano <JerryCasiano@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 18:31:10 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] - Add (skip) annotation to fsType_to_string - Issue #240
-
----
- lib/common/font-manager-freetype.c | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/common/font-manager-freetype.c b/lib/common/font-manager-freetype.c
-index cd0236a4..9d3bfac6 100644
---- a/lib/common/font-manager-freetype.c
-+++ b/lib/common/font-manager-freetype.c
-@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ font_manager_fsType_get_type (void)
- }
- 
- /**
-- * font_manager_fsType_to_string:
-+ * font_manager_fsType_to_string: (skip)
-  * @fstype: #FontManagerfsType
-  *
-  * Returns a description of the fsType field suitable for display.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template b/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template
index ae6d04ebc1e..93553ad9b75 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontmanager/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'fontmanager'
 pkgname=fontmanager
-version=0.8.7
+version=0.8.8
 revision=1
 build_helper=gir
 build_style=meson
+configure_args="--buildtype=release"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config yelp-tools vala-devel glib-devel gettext"
 makedepends="json-glib-devel sqlite-devel gtk+3-devel fontconfig-devel
  libsoup-devel webkit2gtk-devel"
@@ -12,4 +13,4 @@ maintainer="Antonio Malcolm <antonio@antoniomalcolm.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://fontmanager.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e2ac8ab61756971480319e3195ae52ddbaa89471afcd48d194f1940676f0c839
+checksum=7badeefe47df3f21d4e9087889fe3d2a6f8e97c95c32fa7fae78ccb59ac40868