diff --git a/mingw-w64-babl/001-file-open-unicode.patch b/mingw-w64-babl/001-file-open-unicode.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5705dee7d4..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-babl/001-file-open-unicode.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- babl-0.1.82/tools/xml-insert.py.orig	2020-10-12 10:39:16.580051300 +0300
-+++ babl-0.1.82/tools/xml-insert.py	2020-10-12 10:42:16.168046100 +0300
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
-     args = Args()
- 
-     try:
--        in_file = open(args.input, 'r')
-+        in_file = open(args.input, mode='r', encoding='utf-8')
-     except IOError:
-         print('cannot access input file ' + args.input, 
-               file=sys.stderr)
-@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
- 
-         # read in insert file
-         try:
--            ins_file = open(os.path.realpath(insert[1]), 'r')
-+            ins_file = open(os.path.realpath(insert[1]), mode='r', encoding='utf-8')
-         except IOError:
-             print ('cannot open insert file %s - skipping' % insert[1],
-                   file=sys.stderr)
-@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
-     # output to file or stdout
-     if args.output:
-         try:
--            out_file = open(os.path.realpath(args.output), 'w')
-+            out_file = open(os.path.realpath(args.output), mode='w', encoding='utf-8')
-         except IOError:
-             print('cannot open output file %s' % args.output)
-             sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/mingw-w64-babl/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-babl/PKGBUILD
index 024b48f1ca..013214de1d 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-babl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-babl/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _realname=babl
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=0.1.116
+pkgver=0.1.118
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Dynamic Pixel Format Translation Library (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -16,29 +16,12 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gobject-introspection"
              "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-vala"
-             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkgconf")
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-pkgconf"
+             "git")
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc-libs"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-lcms2")
-source=("https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/${pkgver%.*}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz"
-        "001-file-open-unicode.patch")
-sha256sums=('50fae069867c7ade1259888ff1e3db85fec86d708252e5385b5a4f39a78ec483'
-            '98cf43394eb1d1a8140438fbb745ed31f3768c07086afab297e4be9d609d07c5')
-
-apply_patch_with_msg() {
-  for _patch in "$@"
-  do
-    msg2 "Applying ${_patch}"
-    patch -bp1 -i "${srcdir}/${_patch}"
-  done
-}
-
-prepare() {
-  cd "${_realname}-${pkgver}"
-
-  #FIXME: remove this patch on babl 0.1.118
-  apply_patch_with_msg \
-    001-file-open-unicode.patch
-}
+source=("https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/${pkgver%.*}/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.xz")
+sha256sums=('c3febe923e225c2a58f952689a89bb1db956788bfecb18a7eff6fc94da9e2469')
 
 build() {
   mkdir -p "build-${MSYSTEM}" && cd "build-${MSYSTEM}"
@@ -50,10 +33,12 @@ build() {
   MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=" \
   meson setup \
     --prefix="${MINGW_PREFIX}" \
+    --auto-features=enabled \
+    --wrap-mode=nodownload \
     --buildtype=plain \
-    -Dwith-lcms=true \
     -Denable-gir=true \
     -Dwith-docs=false \
+    -Dgi-docgen=disabled \
     ${_arch_opt} \
     "../${_realname}-${pkgver}"