diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/20-polyml.patch b/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/20-polyml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 62ad34c3428..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/20-polyml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
---- a/mlton/Makefile
-+++ b/mlton/Makefile
-@@ -187,31 +208,31 @@ smlnj-mlton: mlton-smlnj.cm control/version.sml $(FRONT_END_SOURCES)
- # MLton.
- #
- POLYML := poly
-+CAT := cat
- 
- .PHONY: polyml-mlton
--polyml-mlton: mlton-polyml.use $(shell [ -e mlton-polyml.use ] && cat mlton-polyml.use | $(SED) 's/use "\(.*\)";/\1/') control/version.sml $(FRONT_END_SOURCES)
--	(									\
--		echo 'use "mlton-polyml.use";';					\
--		echo 'PolyML.export("$(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml", Main.mainWrapped);'; \
--	) | "$(POLYML)"
--	$(CC) -o $(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml $(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml.o -lpolymain -lpolyml
--	$(RM) $(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml.o
-+polyml-mlton: $(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml
-+
-+$(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml: mlton-polyml.sml $(shell [ -e mlton-polyml.sml ] && $(CAT) mlton-polyml.sml | $(GREP) 'use ".*";' | $(SED) 's/use "\(.*\)";/\1/') control/version.sml $(FRONT_END_SOURCES)
-+	polyc -o $@ mlton-polyml.sml
- 
--mlton-polyml.use: ../lib/stubs/basis-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use $(shell "$(RUN_MLTON_DEPS)" -stop f ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/sources.mlb | $(GREP) 'mlb$$') $(shell "$(RUN_MLTON_DEPS)" -stop f mlton.mlb | $(GREP) 'mlb$$')
-+mlton-polyml.sml: ../lib/stubs/basis-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use $(shell "$(RUN_MLTON_DEPS)" -stop f ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/sources.mlb | $(GREP) 'mlb$$') $(shell "$(RUN_MLTON_DEPS)" -stop f mlton.mlb | $(GREP) 'mlb$$')
-+	chmod +x $(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps
- 	(									\
--		cat ../lib/stubs/basis-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use |		\
-+		$(CAT) ../lib/stubs/basis-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use |		\
- 			$(SED) 's|use "\(.*\)";|../lib/stubs/basis-stubs-for-polyml/\1|'; \
--		"$(RUN_MLTON)" -stop f mlton.mlb | $(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' | $(GREP) 'mlyacc'; \
--		cat ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use |		\
-+		$(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps mlton.mlb | $(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' | $(GREP) 'mlyacc'; \
-+		$(CAT) ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs-for-polyml/sources.use |		\
- 			$(SED) 's|use "\(.*\)";|../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs-for-polyml/\1|'; \
--		"$(RUN_MLTON)" -stop f ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/sources.mlb |	\
-+		$(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/sources.mlb |	\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' |					\
- 			$(GREP) 'mlton-stubs';					\
--		"$(RUN_MLTON)" -stop f mlton.mlb |				\
-+		$(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps mlton.mlb |				\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' |					\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'sml/basis' |				\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'targets' |					\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlton-stubs' |				\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlyacc' |					\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'call-main.sml';				\
--	) | $(SED) 's|\(.*\)|use "\1";|' > mlton-polyml.use
-+	) | $(SED) 's|\(.*\)|use "\1";|' > $@
-+	echo "val main = Main.mainWrapped;" >> $@
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/30-mlbdeps.patch b/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/30-mlbdeps.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 03a6ad7188d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/30-mlbdeps.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/bin/mlbdeps
-@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
-+#!/usr/bin/env bash
-+
-+set -e
-+
-+SED=${SED:-sed}
-+
-+name=$(basename "$0")
-+
-+function normalize_path () {
-+    local path="$1"
-+    local opath=""
-+    while [ "$opath" != "$path" ]; do
-+        opath="$path"
-+        path="$(echo "$path" | ${SED} -e 's;^\./;;')"
-+    done
-+    local opath=""
-+    while [ "$opath" != "$path" ]; do
-+        opath="$path"
-+        path="$(echo "$path" | ${SED} -e 's;/\./;/;')"
-+    done
-+    opath=""
-+    while [ "$opath" != "$path" ]; do
-+        opath="$path"
-+        path="$(echo "$path" | ${SED} -e 's;[^/][^/]*/\.\./;;')"
-+    done
-+    path="$(echo "$path" | ${SED} -e 's;^\./;;')"
-+    echo "$path"
-+}
-+
-+declare -a seen
-+
-+function doit() {
-+    local mlb="$1"
-+    for s in "${seen[@]}"; do
-+        if [ "$mlb" == "$s" ]; then
-+            return 0
-+        fi
-+    done
-+    seen+=("$mlb");
-+    echo "$mlb"
-+    if [ -e "$mlb" ]; then
-+        local dir="$(dirname $mlb)"
-+        for f in $(cat "$mlb" | ${SED} -n -e 's/^[ ]*\([^ ]*\.\(sml\|sig\|fun\|mlb\)\).*/\1/p'); do
-+            case "$f" in
-+                /*) ;;
-+                \$\(*\)*) ;;
-+                *) f="$(normalize_path "$dir"/"$f")" ;;
-+            esac
-+            case "$f" in
-+                *.mlb) doit "$f";;
-+                *) echo "$f";;
-+            esac
-+        done
-+    fi
-+}
-+
-+doit "$(normalize_path "$1")"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/40-mlton.patch b/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/40-mlton.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0056419b293..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/40-mlton.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ smlnj-mlton-x16:
- bootstrap-polyml:
- 	$(MAKE) polyml-mlton
- 	$(RM) "$(BIN)/$(MLTON)"
--	$(MAKE) BOOTSTRAP_MLTON=$(MLTON).polyml all
-+	$(MAKE) OLD_MLTON="$(BIN)/$(MLTON).polyml" all
- 	$(RM) "$(LIB)/$(MLTON)-polyml$(EXE)"
- 	$(RM) "$(BIN)/$(MLTON).polyml"
- 
-@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ polyml-mlton:
- 	$(MAKE) dirs
- 	$(MAKE) runtime
- 	$(MAKE) -C "$(SRC)/mlton" polyml-mlton
--	$(CP) "$(SRC)/mlton/mlton-polyml$(EXE)" "$(LIB)/"
-+	$(CP) "$(SRC)/mlton/$(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml$(EXE)" "$(LIB)/"
- 	$(MAKE) script
- 	$(MAKE) basis-no-check
- 	$(MAKE) libraries-no-check
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/50-mlton-stubs.patch b/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/50-mlton-stubs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 21001953982..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/50-mlton-stubs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- a/mlton/Makefile
-+++ b/mlton/Makefile
-@@ -136,13 +136,13 @@ mlton-stubs.mlb: $(shell "$(RUN_MLTON_DEPS)" -stop f ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/so
- 		echo '$$(SML_LIB)/basis/sml-nj.mlb';				\
- 		echo '$$(SML_LIB)/basis/mlton.mlb';				\
- 		echo '$$(SML_LIB)/basis/basis.mlb';				\
--		$(RUN_MLTON) -stop f mlton.mlb |				\
-+		$(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps mlton.mlb |					\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' |					\
- 			$(GREP) 'mlyacc';					\
--		$(RUN_MLTON) -stop f ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/sources.mlb |	\
-+		$(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps ../lib/stubs/mlton-stubs/sources.mlb |	\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' |					\
- 			$(GREP) 'mlton-stubs';					\
--		$(RUN_MLTON) -stop f mlton.mlb |				\
-+		$(SRC)/bin/mlbdeps mlton.mlb |					\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'mlb$$' |					\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'sml/basis' |				\
- 			$(GREP) -v 'targets' |					\
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/60-clean-polyml.patch b/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/60-clean-polyml.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd33967efa..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mlton/patches/60-clean-polyml.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ bootstrap-polyml:
- 	$(RM) "$(BIN)/$(MLTON)"
- 	$(MAKE) OLD_MLTON="$(BIN)/$(MLTON).polyml" all
- 	$(RM) "$(LIB)/$(MLTON)-polyml$(EXE)"
-+	$(RM) "$(LIB)/$(MLTON_OUTPUT)-polyml$(EXE)"
- 	$(RM) "$(BIN)/$(MLTON).polyml"
- 
- .PHONY: polyml-mlton
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mlton/template b/srcpkgs/mlton/template
index acb5fe677f5..e3a86856402 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mlton/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mlton/template
@@ -1,32 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'mlton'
 pkgname=mlton
-version=20210117
+version=20241230
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_target=bootstrap-polyml
 hostmakedepends="polyml tar"
 makedepends="gmp-devel"
-depends="bash gcc gmp-devel"
+depends="gcc gmp-devel"
 short_desc="MLton Standard ML (SML) compiler"
 maintainer="ii8 <murray.calavera@protonmail.com>"
 license="HPND"
 homepage="http://mlton.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/releases/download/on-${version}-release/mlton-${version}.src.tgz
- https://github.com/MLton/mlton/commit/f074a9a41b5338303271cd50f17078595fef35ff.patch>mllex.patch"
-checksum="ec7a5a54deb39c7c0fa746d17767752154e9cb94dbcf3d15b795083b3f0f154b
- da73a393384ac8e1094dc59b1a19cf73f506d0481354ced814cd894a83216272"
-skip_extraction="mllex.patch"
+distfiles="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/releases/download/on-${version}-release/mlton-${version}.src.tgz"
+checksum=cd170218f67b76c3fcb4d487ba8841518babcebb41e4702074668e61156ca6f6
 nocross=yes
 disable_parallel_build=yes
-
-post_extract() {
-	cp "${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/mllex.patch" .
-}
-
-pre_patch() {
-	patch -Np1 -i mllex.patch
-}
-
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	i686*) broken="The 2nd bootstrap mlton(built by the polyml-mlton) segfaults in parseAndElaborate" ;;
-esac