diff --git a/srcpkgs/fmt/patches/add-pkg-config-file.patch b/srcpkgs/fmt/patches/add-pkg-config-file.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ada67660175..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fmt/patches/add-pkg-config-file.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-From 57ae5189351665715c98b3b6ca8595b30d83033f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Cole Mickens <cole.mickens@gmail.com>
-Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 01:33:22 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] cmake: output share/fmt.pc
-
----
- CMakeLists.txt          |  9 +++++++++
- support/cmake/fmt.pc.in | 11 +++++++++++
- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
- create mode 100644 support/cmake/fmt.pc.in
-
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index 7cf74829..d1bc9558 100644
---- CMakeLists.txt
-+++ CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ if (FMT_INSTALL)
-     "Installation directory for cmake files, relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.")
-   set(version_config ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmt-config-version.cmake)
-   set(project_config ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmt-config.cmake)
-+  set(pkgconfig ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/fmt.pc)
-   set(targets_export_name fmt-targets)
- 
-   set (INSTALL_TARGETS fmt)
-@@ -215,11 +216,18 @@ if (FMT_INSTALL)
-   set(FMT_INC_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/fmt CACHE STRING
-       "Installation directory for include files, relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.")
- 
-+  set(FMT_PKGCONFIG_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/pkgconfig" CACHE PATH
-+    "Installation directory for pkgconfig (.pc) files, relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}.")
-+
-   # Generate the version, config and target files into the build directory.
-   write_basic_package_version_file(
-     ${version_config}
-     VERSION ${FMT_VERSION}
-     COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
-+  configure_file(
-+    "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/support/cmake/fmt.pc.in"
-+    "${pkgconfig}"
-+    @ONLY)
-   configure_package_config_file(
-     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/support/cmake/fmt-config.cmake.in
-     ${project_config}
-@@ -240,6 +248,7 @@ if (FMT_INSTALL)
-   install(TARGETS ${INSTALL_TARGETS} EXPORT ${targets_export_name}
-           DESTINATION ${FMT_LIB_DIR})
-   install(FILES ${FMT_HEADERS} DESTINATION ${FMT_INC_DIR})
-+  install(FILES "${pkgconfig}" DESTINATION "${FMT_PKGCONFIG_DIR}")
- endif ()
- 
- if (FMT_DOC)
-diff --git a/support/cmake/fmt.pc.in b/support/cmake/fmt.pc.in
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000..4b82ddb0
---- /dev/null
-+++ support/cmake/fmt.pc.in
-@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
-+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
-+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
-+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
-+
-+Name: fmt
-+Description: A modern formatting library
-+Version: @FMT_VERSION@
-+Libs: -L${libdir} -lfmt
-+Cflags: -I${includedir}
-+
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fmt/template b/srcpkgs/fmt/template
index e6b4c1287ba..793aa081ea1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fmt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fmt/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'fmt'
 pkgname=fmt
-version=5.2.1
+version=5.3.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON"
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DFMT_DOC=OFF -DFMT_TEST=OFF"
 short_desc="Modern formatting library"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3c812a18e9f72a88631ab4732a97ce9ef5bcbefb3235e9fd465f059ba204359b
+checksum=defa24a9af4c622a7134076602070b45721a43c51598c8456ec6f2c4dbb51c89
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.rst