diff --git a/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/no-gnome-common.patch b/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/no-gnome-common.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3812745e9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/no-gnome-common.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/autogen.sh
++++ b/autogen.sh
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ 
+ test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+ 
+-GNOMEDOC=`which yelp-build`
++GNOMEDOC=`command -v yelp-build`
+ if test -z $GNOMEDOC; then
+         echo "*** The tools to build the documentation are not found,"
+         echo "    please intall the yelp-tool package ***"
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [])]
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([C++ Compiler required to compile Anjuta]))
+ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+ 
+-GNOME_COMPILE_WARNINGS([yes])
+ AM_CFLAGS="$AM_CFLAGS $WARN_CFLAGS"
+ AM_CXXFLAGS="$AM_CXXFLAGS $WARN_CXXFLAGS"
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala-050.patch b/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala-050.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..540b38903c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala-050.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+commit 8f8fa97
+Author: Rico Tzschichholz <ricotz@ubuntu.com>
+Date:   Fri Aug 20 08:26:49 2021 +0200
+
+    build: Allow building with vala 0.50
+
+diff --git a/plugins/language-support-vala/plugin.vala b/plugins/language-support-vala/plugin.vala
+index 718d74c..d94634c 100644
+--- a/plugins/language-support-vala/plugin.vala
++++ b/plugins/language-support-vala/plugin.vala
+@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ public class ValaPlugin : Plugin, IAnjuta.Preferences {
+ 
+ 	void init_context () {
+ 		context = new Vala.CodeContext();
++#if VALA_0_50
++		context.set_target_profile (Vala.Profile.GOBJECT);
++#else
+ 		context.profile = Vala.Profile.GOBJECT;
++#endif
+ 		context.report = report;
+ 		report.clear_error_indicators ();
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala.patch b/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala.patch
index 4b4477801cc..8b66f37ecb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/anjuta/patches/vala.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
          AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
  	AC_MSG_CHECKING(if libvala is available)
 -	m4_foreach([VERSION], [[0.44], [0.42], [0.40], [0.38], [0.36], [0.34], [0.32], [0.30], [0.28], [0.26], [0.24], [0.22], [0.20], [0.18]],
-+	m4_foreach([VERSION], [[0.48], [0.46], [0.44], [0.42], [0.40], [0.38], [0.36], [0.34], [0.32], [0.30], [0.28], [0.26], [0.24], [0.22], [0.20], [0.18]],
++	m4_foreach([VERSION], [[0.56], [0.54], [0.52], [0.50], [0.48], [0.46], [0.44], [0.42], [0.40], [0.38], [0.36], [0.34], [0.32], [0.30], [0.28], [0.26], [0.24], [0.22], [0.20], [0.18]],
  		[PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([ libvala-VERSION ],
  			 [ valaver="-VERSION" ])
  			 ])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/anjuta/template b/srcpkgs/anjuta/template
index 3df046d884f..cde101ee919 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/anjuta/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/anjuta/template
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-compile-warnings --disable-schemas-compile
  SVN_INCLUDES=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include SVN_LIBS=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/lib
  $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool flex itstool python3 autogen glib-devel
- libtool automake gettext-devel gnome-common yelp-tools which gtk-doc
+ libtool automake gettext-devel yelp-tools gtk-doc
  vala-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
 makedepends="gtksourceview-devel libxml2-devel vte3-devel gjs-devel
  libxslt-devel glade3-devel graphviz-devel vala-devel