diff --git a/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/01-mingw32-fix-potomo.mingw.patch b/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/01-mingw32-fix-potomo.mingw.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c5233bf974..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/01-mingw32-fix-potomo.mingw.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- libgpg-error-1.10/potomo	2010-10-20 18:27:58 +0400
-+++ libgpg-error-1.10/potomo	2011-04-03 15:05:06 +0400
-@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
-         ;;   
-     *)
-         echo "potomo: '$infile' converting from $fromset to utf-8" >&2
--        iconv --silent --from-code=$fromset --to-code=utf-8 < "$infile" |\
-+        iconv -s --from-code=$fromset --to-code=utf-8 < "$infile" |\
-             sed "/^\"Content-Type:/ s/charset=[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*/charset=utf-8/"|\
-             msgfmt --output-file="$outfile" -
-         ;;
diff --git a/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/PKGBUILD
index 88f4e0c252..10d16c26ea 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-libgpg-error/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _realname=libgpg-error
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
-pkgver=1.43
+pkgver=1.44
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Support library for libgcrypt (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-autotools")
 depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc-libs" "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gettext")
 options=('staticlibs' 'strip')
 source=("https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2"{,.sig}
-        01-mingw32-fix-potomo.mingw.patch
         02-fix-symbollist-on.mingw.patch
         05-w32-gen.all.patch
         07-windows-build.patch
@@ -24,9 +23,8 @@ validpgpkeys=('5B80C5754298F0CB55D8ED6ABCEF7E294B092E28'  # Andre Heinecke (Rele
               '6DAA6E64A76D2840571B4902528897B826403ADA'  # Werner Koch (dist signing 2020)
               'AC8E115BF73E2D8D47FA9908E98E9B2D19C6C8BD'  # Niibe Yutaka (GnuPG Release Key)
               '02F38DFF731FF97CB039A1DA549E695E905BA208') # GnuPG.com (Release Signing Key 2021)
-sha256sums=('a9ab83ca7acc442a5bd846a75b920285ff79bdb4e3d34aa382be88ed2c3aebaf'
+sha256sums=('8e3d2da7a8b9a104dd8e9212ebe8e0daf86aa838cc1314ba6bc4de8f2d8a1ff9'
             'SKIP'
-            '252349e58d418adfec5621af1e09753db52b1bf39983aa3bc398d636afb9b495'
             '364da17febff3f6eeffee5a5f1e3ed1b644adeb5ca48a972c5c4675c10238a91'
             '9ccdc567810d58526888fd11c5f7d01101627011840b7b75a91e96aa9e71f49d'
             'ab1d5e1a10d3803b2ae514aacba184c0bba019417bf9f7615243505455ffabb8'
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ sha256sums=('a9ab83ca7acc442a5bd846a75b920285ff79bdb4e3d34aa382be88ed2c3aebaf'
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
-  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/01-mingw32-fix-potomo.mingw.patch
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/02-fix-symbollist-on.mingw.patch
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/05-w32-gen.all.patch
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/07-windows-build.patch