diff --git a/package/fontconfig/0001-meson.build-explicitly-check-for-pthread-support.patch b/package/fontconfig/0001-meson.build-explicitly-check-for-pthread-support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ca394ab7d5..0000000000
--- a/package/fontconfig/0001-meson.build-explicitly-check-for-pthread-support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-From 3c9de31dda1a1d44fade7a61e66c989178d6c2a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Thomas Devoogdt <thomas@devoogdt.com>
-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:15:39 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] meson.build: explicitly check for pthread support
-
-Tested using buildroot. The br-arm-full-nothread fails
-because meson assumes thread support when cross-compiling.
-
-Dependency threads found: YES unknown (cached)
-Has header "pthread.h" : NO
-
-Upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/commit/aad470dad519b6fe3459023b82941b4414b71313
-Signed-off-by: Thomas Devoogdt <thomas@devoogdt.com>
----
- meson.build | 6 ++++--
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
-index 4439758..07e242b 100644
---- a/meson.build
-+++ b/meson.build
-@@ -383,8 +383,10 @@ endif
- 
- if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
-   thread_dep = dependency('threads')
--  conf.set('HAVE_PTHREAD', 1)
--  deps += [thread_dep]
-+  if thread_dep.found() and cc.has_header('pthread.h')
-+    conf.set('HAVE_PTHREAD', 1)
-+    deps += [thread_dep]
-+  endif
- endif
- 
- fc_templatedir = get_option('template-dir')
--- 
-2.43.0
-
diff --git a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.hash b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.hash
index b9c95d40b2..e6f2e0771c 100644
--- a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.hash
+++ b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# From https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release/fontconfig-2.16.0.tar.xz.sha256sum
-sha256  6a33dc555cc9ba8b10caf7695878ef134eeb36d0af366041f639b1da9b6ed220  fontconfig-2.16.0.tar.xz
+# From https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/api/v4/projects/890/packages/generic/fontconfig/2.17.1/fontconfig-2.17.1.tar.xz.sha256sum
+sha256  9f5cae93f4fffc1fbc05ae99cdfc708cd60dfd6612ffc0512827025c026fa541  fontconfig-2.17.1.tar.xz
 
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  51a51aa9823704fd90bccc616cdd17ebabb5b2b3e9cbde886ca02c7002288067  COPYING
diff --git a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
index 7ac8872e82..d9f5dbefad 100644
--- a/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
+++ b/package/fontconfig/fontconfig.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-FONTCONFIG_VERSION = 2.16.0
-FONTCONFIG_SITE = https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/release
+FONTCONFIG_VERSION = 2.17.1
+FONTCONFIG_SITE = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/api/v4/projects/890/packages/generic/fontconfig/$(FONTCONFIG_VERSION)
 FONTCONFIG_SOURCE = fontconfig-$(FONTCONFIG_VERSION).tar.xz
 FONTCONFIG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 FONTCONFIG_DEPENDENCIES = freetype expat host-pkgconf host-gperf \