diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-069.patch b/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-069.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 88ee966136d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-069.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-From 273130194cff3fafcd29ca96ceab20be3fcceb0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Otfried Cheong <otfried@ipe.airpost.net>
-Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:29:34 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Remove Object::memCheck (bug #29)
-
----
- pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp   | 4 ----
- pdftoipe/readme.txt     | 4 ++++
- pdftoipe/xmloutputdev.h | 2 +-
- 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp b/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp
-index 1f02755..a95ad6e 100644
---- ipe-tools/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp
-+++ ipe-tools/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp
-@@ -156,10 +156,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-   delete doc;
-   delete globalParams;
- 
--  // check for memory leaks
--  Object::memCheck(stderr);
--  gMemReport(stderr);
--
-   return exitCode;
- }
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-072.patch b/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-072.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 97857e4590e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-072.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-Poppler-0.72 replaced getCString with c_str
-
-diff --git a/ipe-tools/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp b/ipe-tools/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp
-index b1b8562..f62cced 100644
---- ipe-tools/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp
-+++ ipe-tools/pdftoipe/pdftoipe.cpp
-@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-   if (argc == 3) {
-     xmlFileName = new GooString(argv[2]);
-   } else {
--    char *p = fileName->getCString() + fileName->getLength() - 4;
-+    char *p = fileName->c_str() + fileName->getLength() - 4;
-     if (!strcmp(p, ".pdf") || !strcmp(p, ".PDF")) {
--      xmlFileName = new GooString(fileName->getCString(),
-+      xmlFileName = new GooString(fileName->c_str(),
- 				  fileName->getLength() - 4);
-     } else {
-       xmlFileName = fileName->copy();
-@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 
-   // write XML file
-   XmlOutputDev *xmlOut = 
--    new XmlOutputDev(xmlFileName->getCString(), doc->getXRef(),
-+    new XmlOutputDev(xmlFileName->c_str(), doc->getXRef(),
- 		     doc->getCatalog(), firstPage, lastPage);
- 
-   // tell output device about text handling
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-073.patch b/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-073.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f38b47c2708..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/ipe/patches/poppler-073.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/ipe-tools/pdftoipe/parseargs.h b/ipe-tools/pdftoipe/parseargs.h
-index 8530bd1..bf87418 100644
---- ipe-tools/pdftoipe/parseargs.h
-+++ ipe-tools/pdftoipe/parseargs.h
-@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
- extern "C" {
- #endif
- 
--#include "goo/gtypes.h"
--
- /*
-  * Argument kinds.
-  */
-diff --git a/ipe-tools/pdftoipe/xmloutputdev.cpp b/ipe-tools/pdftoipe/xmloutputdev.cpp
-index 3c38f2e..7186437 100644
---- ipe-tools/pdftoipe/xmloutputdev.cpp
-+++ ipe-tools/pdftoipe/xmloutputdev.cpp
-@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void XmlOutputDev::drawImage(GfxState *state, Object *ref, Stream *str,
-   finishText();
- 
-   ImageStream *imgStr;
--  Guchar *p;
-+  unsigned char *p;
-   GfxRGB rgb;
-   int x, y;
-   int c;
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/template b/srcpkgs/ipe/template
index 26877708010..b4e24e3bebc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ipe/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ipe/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'ipe'
 pkgname=ipe
-version=7.2.7
-revision=15
-_tools_commit=e5b23399a83d69fd5bb5d4645ef7325b4b57435b
+version=7.2.8
+revision=1
+_tools_commit=f016c85fd3a7ef11241685c8e0d81ab455c7e119
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-tools qt5-host-tools wget"
 makedepends="qt5-devel lua52-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel cairo-devel poppler-devel"
 short_desc="Drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or EPS formats"
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ license="GPL-3, GPL-2"
 homepage="http://ipe.otfried.org/"
 distfiles="http://dl.bintray.com/otfried/generic/ipe/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}-src.tar.gz
  https://github.com/otfried/ipe-tools/archive/${_tools_commit}.tar.gz"
-checksum="d66d3f2619e3e6ff617f42c2e3695c3db6e2a64adcc3d7613214e5fd14c49f22
- 60a96ad4674fc8f3c2d8bd8ab789734dbb47cabed09a178f595b0e478a526442"
+checksum="fe0927db42c97133d8368f59114fa1e904692be5330c14244bbbb997fb1b33d7
+ 75b2763f8aa0ed6ecdd80584f12be31483a289ff53d65f48ed3f0e7e1c71f57a"
 XBPS_FETCH_CMD=wget  # nothing else speaks with that terrible crappy host
 
 CXXFLAGS="-fpermissive"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipe/update b/srcpkgs/ipe/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..473b18a7828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ipe/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ignore='*.*.*.*'