diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/CVE-2018-6942.patch b/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/CVE-2018-6942.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 950f4e4a83e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/CVE-2018-6942.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-From 29c759284e305ec428703c9a5831d0b1fc3497ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>
-Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:43:43 +0100
-Subject: * src/truetype/ttinterp.c (Ins_GETVARIATION): Avoid NULL reference.
-
-Reported as
-
-  https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=5736
----
- src/truetype/ttinterp.c | 12 ++++++++++--
- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git ./src/truetype/ttinterp.c ./src/truetype/ttinterp.c
-index d855aaa..551f14a 100644
---- ./src/truetype/ttinterp.c
-+++ ./src/truetype/ttinterp.c
-@@ -7532,8 +7532,16 @@
-       return;
-     }
- 
--    for ( i = 0; i < num_axes; i++ )
--      args[i] = coords[i] >> 2; /* convert 16.16 to 2.14 format */
-+    if ( coords )
-+    {
-+      for ( i = 0; i < num_axes; i++ )
-+        args[i] = coords[i] >> 2; /* convert 16.16 to 2.14 format */
-+    }
-+    else
-+    {
-+      for ( i = 0; i < num_axes; i++ )
-+        args[i] = 0;
-+    }
-   }
- 
- 
--- 
-cgit v1.0-41-gc330
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/upstream-type1-flex.patch b/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/upstream-type1-flex.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c00b711872f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/patches/upstream-type1-flex.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-commit cc2f3cdecff5a351e7e8961b9f2e389ab740231a
-Author: Ewald Hew <ewaldhew@gmail.com>
-Date:   Wed Jan 10 13:24:56 2018 +0800
-
-    [psaux] Correctly handle Flex features (#52846).
-    
-    * src/psaux/psintrp.c (cf2_interpT2CharString) <cf2_cmdVMOVETO,
-    cf2_cmdHMOVETO>: Do not move if doing Flex.
-
-diff --git a/src/psaux/psintrp.c b/src/psaux/psintrp.c
-index 5c0ee7849..da5a8dad1 100644
---- src/psaux/psintrp.c
-+++ src/psaux/psintrp.c
-@@ -852,7 +852,8 @@
- 
-         curY = ADD_INT32( curY, cf2_stack_popFixed( opStack ) );
- 
--        cf2_glyphpath_moveTo( &glyphPath, curX, curY );
-+        if ( !decoder->flex_state )
-+          cf2_glyphpath_moveTo( &glyphPath, curX, curY );
- 
-         break;
- 
-@@ -2674,7 +2675,8 @@
- 
-         curX = ADD_INT32( curX, cf2_stack_popFixed( opStack ) );
- 
--        cf2_glyphpath_moveTo( &glyphPath, curX, curY );
-+        if ( !decoder->flex_state )
-+          cf2_glyphpath_moveTo( &glyphPath, curX, curY );
- 
-         break;
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/freetype/template b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
index ecac67e26c7..2f5e8e8c68f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freetype/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freetype/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-# Template build file 'freetype'.
+# Template file for 'freetype'
 pkgname=freetype
-version=2.9
-revision=3
+version=2.9.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel libpng-devel"
+makedepends="bzip2-devel libpng-devel"
 short_desc="Font rendering engine and library API"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="http://www.freetype.org/"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=e6ffba3c8cef93f557d1f767d7bc3dee860ac7a3aaff588a521e081bc36f4c8a
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://www.freetype.org/"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=db8d87ea720ea9d5edc5388fc7a0497bb11ba9fe972245e0f7f4c7e8b1e1e84d
 
 build_options="v35 v38 v40"
 build_options_default="v40"
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ freetype-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
-		for f in bin include share; do
+		for f in include share; do
 			vmove usr/${f}
 		done
-		vmove usr/lib/*.a
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}
 }