diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcxx/files/libcxx-0001-musl-hacks.patch b/srcpkgs/libcxx/files/libcxx-0001-musl-hacks.patch
index b20eb7724f2..f663ceaab17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcxx/files/libcxx-0001-musl-hacks.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcxx/files/libcxx-0001-musl-hacks.patch
@@ -26,36 +26,3 @@
          typename remove_reference<decltype(errno)>::type __current_errno = errno;
          if (__current_errno == 0)
              errno = __save_errno;
---- libcxx-4.0.0.src/src/locale.cpp.orig
-+++ libcxx-4.0.0.src/src/locale.cpp
-@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@
-     return low;
- }
- 
--#if defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
-+#if defined(__linux__)
- extern "C" const unsigned short ** __ctype_b_loc();
- extern "C" const int ** __ctype_tolower_loc();
- extern "C" const int ** __ctype_toupper_loc();
-@@ -1118,20 +1118,8 @@
- #else
-     return __pctype_func();
- #endif
--#elif defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
--    return *__ctype_b_loc();
--#elif defined(_NEWLIB_VERSION)
--    // Newlib has a 257-entry table in ctype_.c, where (char)0 starts at [1].
--    return _ctype_ + 1;
--#elif defined(_AIX)
--    return (const unsigned int *)__lc_ctype_ptr->obj->mask;
- #else
--    // Platform not supported: abort so the person doing the port knows what to
--    // fix
--# warning  ctype<char>::classic_table() is not implemented
--    printf("ctype<char>::classic_table() is not implemented\n");
--    abort();
--    return NULL;
-+    return (const unsigned long *)*__ctype_b_loc();
- #endif
- }
- #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcxx/patches/glibc-2.26.patch b/srcpkgs/libcxx/patches/glibc-2.26.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f44a5ef5f7d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libcxx/patches/glibc-2.26.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 6e02e89f65ca1ca1d6ce30fbc557563164dd327e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Eric Fiselier <eric@efcs.ca>
-Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 04:28:10 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix libcxx build with glibc 2.26+ by removing xlocale.h
- include.
-
-Patch by Khem Raj. Reviewed as D35697. Also see PR33729.
-
-
-
-git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/libcxx/trunk@309920 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
----
---- include/__locale
-+++ include/__locale
-@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
- # include <support/solaris/xlocale.h>
- #elif defined(_NEWLIB_VERSION)
- # include <support/newlib/xlocale.h>
--#elif (defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__APPLE__)      || defined(__FreeBSD__) \
-+#elif (defined(__APPLE__)      || defined(__FreeBSD__) \
-     || defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) || defined(__IBMCPP__))
- # include <xlocale.h>
- #elif defined(__Fuchsia__)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcxx/template b/srcpkgs/libcxx/template
index 36ba6ef5637..f3d7967e783 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcxx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcxx/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libcxx'
 pkgname=libcxx
-version=4.0.1
-revision=2
+version=5.0.1
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="clang llvm python"
 makedepends="libcxxabi-devel llvm llvm-libunwind-devel"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://libcxx.llvm.org"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="http://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.src.tar.xz"
-checksum=520a1171f272c9ff82f324d5d89accadcec9bc9f3c78de11f5575cdb99accc4c
+checksum=fa8f99dd2bde109daa3276d529851a3bce5718d46ce1c5d0806f46caa3e57c00
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version}.src
 
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