diff --git a/media-video/vlc/patches/vlc-3.0.21.patchset b/media-video/vlc/patches/vlc-3.0.21.patchset
index 1997cf0a8..b2235fdeb 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/patches/vlc-3.0.21.patchset
+++ b/media-video/vlc/patches/vlc-3.0.21.patchset
@@ -2295,77 +2295,3 @@ index 36aaa9d..95b2e74 100644
 -- 
 2.45.2
 
-
-From 6bb1dc25774228cc4832691658fea05fe66e8f94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Begasus <begasus@gmail.com>
-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:24:46 +0200
-Subject: applying patch taglib-2.patch
-
-Kudos to archlinux: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/vlc/-/blob/main/taglib-2.patch
-
-diff --git a/modules/meta_engine/taglib.cpp b/modules/meta_engine/taglib.cpp
-index 84b401c..f371485 100644
---- a/modules/meta_engine/taglib.cpp
-+++ b/modules/meta_engine/taglib.cpp
-@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public:
-         ByteVector res(length, 0);
-         ssize_t i_read = vlc_stream_Read( m_stream, res.data(), length);
-         if (i_read < 0)
--            return ByteVector::null;
-+            return ByteVector();
-         else if ((size_t)i_read != length)
-             res.resize(i_read);
-         return res;
-@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void ReadMetaFromASF( ASF::Tag* tag, demux_meta_t* p_demux_meta, vlc_meta
- static void ReadMetaFromBasicTag(const Tag* tag, vlc_meta_t *dest)
- {
- #define SET( accessor, meta )                                                  \
--    if( !tag->accessor().isNull() && !tag->accessor().isEmpty() )              \
-+    if( !tag->accessor().isEmpty() )              \
-         vlc_meta_Set##meta( dest, tag->accessor().toCString(true) )
- #define SETINT( accessor, meta )                                               \
-     if( tag->accessor() )                                                      \
-@@ -806,15 +806,15 @@ static void ReadMetaFromMP4( MP4::Tag* tag, demux_meta_t *p_demux_meta, vlc_meta
- {
-     MP4::Item list;
- #define SET( keyName, metaName )                                                             \
--    if( tag->itemListMap().contains(keyName) )                                               \
-+    if( tag->itemMap().contains(keyName) )                                               \
-     {                                                                                        \
--        list = tag->itemListMap()[keyName];                                                  \
-+        list = tag->itemMap()[keyName];                                                  \
-         vlc_meta_Set##metaName( p_meta, list.toStringList().front().toCString( true ) );     \
-     }
- #define SET_EXTRA( keyName, metaName )                                                   \
--    if( tag->itemListMap().contains(keyName) )                                  \
-+    if( tag->itemMap().contains(keyName) )                                  \
-     {                                                                                \
--        list = tag->itemListMap()[keyName];                                     \
-+        list = tag->itemMap()[keyName];                                     \
-         vlc_meta_AddExtra( p_meta, metaName, list.toStringList().front().toCString( true ) ); \
-     }
- 
-@@ -824,9 +824,9 @@ static void ReadMetaFromMP4( MP4::Tag* tag, demux_meta_t *p_demux_meta, vlc_meta
- #undef SET
- #undef SET_EXTRA
- 
--    if( tag->itemListMap().contains("covr") )
-+    if( tag->itemMap().contains("covr") )
-     {
--        MP4::CoverArtList list = tag->itemListMap()["covr"].toCoverArtList();
-+        MP4::CoverArtList list = tag->itemMap()["covr"].toCoverArtList();
-         const char *psz_format = list[0].format() == MP4::CoverArt::PNG ? "image/png" : "image/jpeg";
- 
-         msg_Dbg( p_demux_meta, "Found embedded art (%s) is %i bytes",
-@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static int WriteMeta( vlc_object_t *p_this )
-         if( RIFF::AIFF::File* riff_aiff = dynamic_cast<RIFF::AIFF::File*>(f.file()) )
-             WriteMetaToId3v2( riff_aiff->tag(), p_item );
-         else if( RIFF::WAV::File* riff_wav = dynamic_cast<RIFF::WAV::File*>(f.file()) )
--            WriteMetaToId3v2( riff_wav->tag(), p_item );
-+            WriteMetaToId3v2( riff_wav->ID3v2Tag(), p_item );
-     }
-     else if( TrueAudio::File* trueaudio = dynamic_cast<TrueAudio::File*>(f.file()) )
-     {
--- 
-2.45.2
-
diff --git a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.21.recipe b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.21.recipe
index 953839926..d5b31c4ea 100644
--- a/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.21.recipe
+++ b/media-video/vlc/vlc-3.0.21.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ VCDs, and various streaming protocols."
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.videolan.org/vlc/"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2024 VideoLAN"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/$portVersion/vlc-$portVersion.tar.xz"
 SOURCE_DIR="vlc-$portVersion"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="24dbbe1d7dfaeea0994d5def0bbde200177347136dbfe573f5b6a4cee25afbb0"
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libspeexdsp$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libssl$secondaryArchSuffix >= 3
 	devel:libswscale$secondaryArchSuffix >= 7
-	devel:libtag$secondaryArchSuffix >= 2.0.0
+	devel:libtag$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.18.0
 	devel:libtheora$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libtwolame$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libupnp$secondaryArchSuffix