diff --git a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.11.1.recipe b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.12.1.recipe
similarity index 92%
rename from media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.11.1.recipe
rename to media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.12.1.recipe
index cc3a9a128..171d91ee1 100644
--- a/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.11.1.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/freetype/freetype-2.12.1.recipe
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ COPYRIGHT="1996-2021 David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg"
 LICENSE="FreeType"
 REVISION="3"
 SOURCE_URI="https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-$portVersion.tar.xz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="3333ae7cfda88429c97a7ae63b7d01ab398076c3b67182e960e5684050f2c5c8"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="4766f20157cc4cf0cd292f80bf917f92d1c439b243ac3018debf6b9140c41a7f"
 PATCHES="
 	enable-validation-modules.patchset
-	python3.patch
 	"
 #PATCHES="freetype-subpixel.patchset" # enable patented subpixel rendering
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	freetype$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	lib:libfreetype$secondaryArchSuffix = 6.18.1 compat >= 6
+	lib:libfreetype$secondaryArchSuffix = 6.18.3 compat >= 6
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	freetype${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
-	devel:libfreetype${secondaryArchSuffix} = 6.18.1 compat >= 6
+	devel:libfreetype${secondaryArchSuffix} = 6.18.3 compat >= 6
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	freetype${secondaryArchSuffix} == $portVersion base
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	"
 
 defineDebugInfoPackage freetype$secondaryArchSuffix \
-	$libDir/libfreetype.so.6.18.1
+	$libDir/libfreetype.so.6.18.3
 
 BUILD()
 {
diff --git a/media-libs/freetype/patches/python3.patch b/media-libs/freetype/patches/python3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d013086f..000000000
--- a/media-libs/freetype/patches/python3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py b/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
-index ab79fdb..fa83e9d 100644
---- a/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
-+++ b/builds/meson/extract_freetype_version.py
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/usr/bin/env python
-+#!/usr/bin/env python3
- #
- # Copyright (C) 2020-2021 by
- # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.