diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template b/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template
index 10de43fc0a6..300f8df1bfb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cairo/cairo-devel.template
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=1
-
 Add_dependency run freetype-devel
 Add_dependency run fontconfig-devel
 Add_dependency run glib-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch b/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 540c1a917f9..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- src/cairo-xlib-display.c.ubuntu	2010-08-04 11:57:49.000000000 +0200
-+++ src/cairo-xlib-display.c	2010-08-04 11:58:28.000000000 +0200
-@@ -353,11 +353,7 @@
-     /* Prior to Render 0.10, there is no protocol support for gradients and
-      * we call function stubs instead, which would silently consume the drawing.
-      */
--#if RENDER_MAJOR == 0 && RENDER_MINOR < 10
-     display->buggy_gradients = TRUE;
--#else
--    display->buggy_gradients = FALSE;
--#endif
-     display->buggy_pad_reflect = FALSE;
-     display->buggy_repeat = FALSE;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/template b/srcpkgs/cairo/template
index 48352884d38..03e0634e761 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cairo/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template build file for 'cairo'.
 pkgname=cairo
-version=1.11.4
-revision=1
+version=1.12.0
 homepage="http://cairographics.org"
-distfiles="${homepage}/snapshots/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-xlib --enable-xcb --enable-xlib-xcb=no
 --enable-png --disable-directfb --enable-ft --enable-pdf --enable-tee
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ configure_args="--enable-xlib --enable-xcb --enable-xlib-xcb=no
 short_desc="Vector graphics library with cross-device output support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1, MPL-1.1"
-checksum=aa78ac12294b34f31cf2462343564996ea9f90de8c9f9da4eb6f9b3d10317e68
+checksum=af65b766dff11bcf3cba1f92d92a1bc28f78dc2944908a5930a026af06510099
 long_desc="
  Cairo is a vector graphics library with cross-device output support. Currently
  supported output targets include the X Window System and in-memory image