diff --git a/srcpkgs/fribidi/patches/fribidi-types.h.glib2.24.patch b/srcpkgs/fribidi/patches/fribidi-types.h.glib2.24.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4905ba690f3..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/fribidi/patches/fribidi-types.h.glib2.24.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- lib/fribidi-types.h.orig	2006/01/31 03:23:13	1.12
-+++ lib/fribidi-types.h	2010/02/24 19:40:04	1.13
-@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@
- 
- #if FRIBIDI_USE_GLIB+0
- # ifndef __FRIBIDI_DOC
--#  include <glib/gtypes.h>
--#  include <glib/gunicode.h>
-+#  include <glib.h>
- # endif	/* !__FRIBIDI_DOC */
- # define FRIBIDI_INT8_LOCAL		gint8
- # define FRIBIDI_INT16_LOCAL		gint16
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fribidi/template b/srcpkgs/fribidi/template
index 6516ca3977a..7db46b7b4b3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fribidi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fribidi/template
@@ -1,35 +1,30 @@
 # Template file for 'fribidi'
 pkgname=fribidi
-version=0.19.2
-revision=7
+version=0.19.6
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="glib-devel"
 short_desc="Free Implementation of the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm"
 homepage="http://fribidi.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-distfiles="http://fribidi.org/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=49cf91586e48b52fe25872ff66c1da0dff0daac2593f9f300e2af12f44f64177
-long_desc="
- The library implements all of the algorithm as described in the Unicode
- Standard Annex 9, The Bidirectional Algorithm,
- http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr9/. FriBidi is exhautively tested
- against Bidi Reference Code, and due to our best knowledge, does not contain
- any conformance bugs."
+distfiles="http://fribidi.org/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum=cba8b7423c817e5adf50d28ec9079d14eafcec9127b9e8c8f1960c5ad585e17d
 
 fribidi-devel_package() {
-	depends="glib-devel fribidi>=${version}"
-	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	depends="glib-devel fribidi>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/share
 	}
 }
 
 fribidi_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr
+		vmove all
 	}
 }