diff --git a/build_mingw_cross_env.sh b/build_mingw_cross_env.sh
index e8ad5406..5a18702e 100755
--- a/build_mingw_cross_env.sh
+++ b/build_mingw_cross_env.sh
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ VERSION_jpeg=6b
 VERSION_tiff=3.8.2
 VERSION_giflib=4.1.6
 VERSION_freetype=2.3.5
-VERSION_fontconfig=2.5.0
+VERSION_fontconfig=2.5.91
 VERSION_libmikmod=3.2.0-beta2
 VERSION_ogg=1.1.3
 VERSION_vorbis=1.2.0
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ case "$1" in
     rm -rf "mingw_cross_env-$VERSION"
     mkdir  "mingw_cross_env-$VERSION"
     cp "$0" README ChangeLog "mingw_cross_env-$VERSION/"
-    cp fontconfig-2.5.0-crosscompile.patch "mingw_cross_env-$VERSION/"
     tar cfv - "mingw_cross_env-$VERSION" | gzip -9 >"mingw_cross_env-$VERSION.tar.gz"
     rm -rf "mingw_cross_env-$VERSION"
     exit 0
@@ -1338,8 +1337,6 @@ case "$1" in
     cd "$SOURCE"
     tar xfvz "$DOWNLOAD/fontconfig-$VERSION_fontconfig.tar.gz"
     cd "fontconfig-$VERSION_fontconfig"
-    # apply a portability patch
-    patch -p1 <"$ROOT/fontconfig-2.5.0-crosscompile.patch"
     # ensure there is no (buggy) attempt to install the *.dll.a file
     # (remove this line of you want to link dynamically)
     $SED 's,^install-data-local:.*,install-data-local:,' -i src/Makefile.in
diff --git a/fontconfig-2.5.0-crosscompile.patch b/fontconfig-2.5.0-crosscompile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cc88f2ca..00000000
--- a/fontconfig-2.5.0-crosscompile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,146 +0,0 @@
-URL:  http://www.profv.de/fontconfig-crosscompile-patch/
-File: fontconfig-2.5.0-crosscompile.patch
-
-When cross compiling fontconfig, the code generators of fontconfig
-depend on freetype. This is a big problem, because the FREETYPE_*
-variables (as determined by ./configure) point to the cross-compiled
-freetype instead of the native freetype. Luckily, the code generators
-don't really have this dependency. It is merely introduced as a side
-effect by "fcint.h".
-
-The simplest solution is not to include FREETYPE_CFLAGS in the
-Makefile.am/in of fc-case, fc-arch, etc. and to define a symbol
-NOFREETYPE instead. Then "fcint.h" just needs to exclude any
-freetype dependent code if NOFREETYPE is defined.
-
-This patch for fontconfig-2.5.0 does exactly that.
-
-    -- Volker Grabsch <vog@notjusthosting.com>
-
-
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-arch/Makefile.am fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-arch/Makefile.am
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-arch/Makefile.am	2007-10-25 04:39:14.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-arch/Makefile.am	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- EXEEXT = @EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
- 
--INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- 
- TMPL=fcarch.tmpl.h
- STMPL=${top_srcdir}/fc-arch/fcarch.tmpl.h
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-arch/Makefile.in fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-arch/Makefile.in
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-arch/Makefile.in	2007-11-14 02:57:07.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-arch/Makefile.in	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
- sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
- target_alias = @target_alias@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
--INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- TMPL = fcarch.tmpl.h
- STMPL = ${top_srcdir}/fc-arch/fcarch.tmpl.h
- TARG = fcarch.h
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-case/Makefile.am fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-case/Makefile.am
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-case/Makefile.am	2007-10-25 04:42:36.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-case/Makefile.am	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- EXEEXT = @EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
- 
--INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- 
- TMPL=fccase.tmpl.h
- STMPL=${top_srcdir}/fc-case/${TMPL}
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-case/Makefile.in fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-case/Makefile.in
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-case/Makefile.in	2007-11-14 02:57:07.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-case/Makefile.in	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
- sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
- target_alias = @target_alias@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
--INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- TMPL = fccase.tmpl.h
- STMPL = ${top_srcdir}/fc-case/${TMPL}
- TARG = fccase.h
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am	2007-10-25 04:40:17.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-glyphname/Makefile.am	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- EXEEXT = @EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
- 
--INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- 
- TMPL=fcglyphname.tmpl.h
- STMPL=${top_srcdir}/fc-glyphname/${TMPL}
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-glyphname/Makefile.in fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-glyphname/Makefile.in
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-glyphname/Makefile.in	2007-11-14 02:57:07.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-glyphname/Makefile.in	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
- sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
- target_alias = @target_alias@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
--INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- TMPL = fcglyphname.tmpl.h
- STMPL = ${top_srcdir}/fc-glyphname/${TMPL}
- TARG = fcglyphname.h
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-lang/Makefile.am fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-lang/Makefile.am
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-lang/Makefile.am	2007-10-25 04:40:39.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-lang/Makefile.am	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- EXEEXT = @EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
- 
--INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES=-I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- 
- TMPL=fclang.tmpl.h
- STMPL=${top_srcdir}/fc-lang/fclang.tmpl.h
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-lang/Makefile.in fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-lang/Makefile.in
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/fc-lang/Makefile.in	2007-11-14 02:57:08.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/fc-lang/Makefile.in	2007-12-22 20:48:08.000000000 +0000
-@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
- sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
- target_alias = @target_alias@
- LINK = $(CCLD) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@
--INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} $(FREETYPE_CFLAGS) $(WARN_CFLAGS)
-+INCLUDES = -I${top_srcdir}/src -I${top_srcdir} -DNOFREETYPE $(WARN_CFLAGS)
- TMPL = fclang.tmpl.h
- STMPL = ${top_srcdir}/fc-lang/fclang.tmpl.h
- TARG = fclang.h
-diff -ruN fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/src/fcint.h fontconfig-2.5.0/src/fcint.h
---- fontconfig-2.5.0.orig/src/fcint.h	2007-11-13 23:23:39.000000000 +0000
-+++ fontconfig-2.5.0/src/fcint.h	2007-12-22 21:08:01.000000000 +0000
-@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@
- #include <time.h>
- #include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
- #include <fontconfig/fcprivate.h>
-+#ifndef NOFREETYPE
- #include <fontconfig/fcfreetype.h>
-+#endif
- #include "fcdeprecate.h"
- 
- #ifndef FC_CONFIG_PATH
-@@ -718,8 +720,10 @@
- FcPrivate FcChar32
- FcFreeTypePrivateToUcs4 (FcChar32 private, const FcCharMap *map);
- 
-+#ifndef NOFREETYPE
- FcPrivate const FcCharMap *
- FcFreeTypeGetPrivateMap (FT_Encoding encoding);
-+#endif
-     
- /* fcfs.c */
- 
-@@ -1049,4 +1053,4 @@
- FcPrivate FcChar8 *
- FcStrSerialize (FcSerialize *serialize, const FcChar8 *str);
- 
--#endif /* _FC_INT_H_ */
-+#endif /* _FCINT_H_ */