diff --git a/package/pixman/pixman-0.10.0-no-tests.patch b/package/pixman/pixman-0.10.0-no-tests.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fbd0d2689..000000000
--- a/package/pixman/pixman-0.10.0-no-tests.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.in.orig	2008-05-23 14:04:37.000000000 +0000
-+++ b/Makefile.in	2008-05-23 14:04:50.000000000 +0000
-@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ sysconfdir = @sysconfdir@
- target_alias = @target_alias@
- top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
--SUBDIRS = pixman test
-+SUBDIRS = pixman
- pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
- pkgconfig_DATA = pixman-1.pc
- USERNAME = $$USER
diff --git a/package/pixman/pixman.mk b/package/pixman/pixman.mk
index 2b39a77c0..a2e183225 100644
--- a/package/pixman/pixman.mk
+++ b/package/pixman/pixman.mk
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 # pixman
 #
 ################################################################################
-PIXMAN_VERSION = 0.17.6
+PIXMAN_VERSION = 0.24.2
 PIXMAN_SOURCE = pixman-$(PIXMAN_VERSION).tar.gz
 PIXMAN_SITE = http://cairographics.org/releases/
-PIXMAN_AUTORECONF = NO
 PIXMAN_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+PIXMAN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkg-config
+# don't build gtk based demos
+PIXMAN_CONF_OPT = --disable-gtk
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,host))