diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl.patch
index 5d061a05789..9caa9382501 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/patches/musl.patch
@@ -23,20 +23,3 @@ index 3a1f8f5..dcb93fc 100644
  #define HAS_NO_XATTR
  #endif
 
-diff --git a/common/conf_post.h b/common/conf_post.h
-index 7093ead..0ecd56b 100644
---- a/common/conf_post.h
-+++ b/common/conf_post.h
-@@ -74,12 +74,4 @@ typedef int ssize_t;
- #define REAL_GCC   __GNUC__ // probably
- #endif
- 
--#if defined(REAL_GCC) && defined(HAVE_FEATURES_H)
--// Older gcc versions pretended to supply std::regex, but the resulting programs mostly crashed.
--#include <features.h>
--#if ! __GNUC_PREREQ(6,0)
--#define NO_STD_REGEX 1
--#endif
--#endif
--
- #endif /* INCLUDED */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/recoll/template b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
index 7b33d23df03..83ec7fc677e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/recoll/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/recoll/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'recoll'
 pkgname=recoll
-version=1.37.4
-revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
-build_helper="qmake python3"
-configure_args="--enable-recollq --disable-python-chm --disable-x11mon
- --disable-webkit --without-systemd --disable-rpath"
+version=1.40.4
+revision=2
+build_style=meson
+build_helper="qmake"
+configure_args="-Drecollq=true -Dpython-chm=false -Dx11mon=false
+ -Dwebkit=false -Dsystemd=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext-devel qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools
- which python3-setuptools"
+ python3-setuptools which"
 makedepends="libxslt-devel xapian-core-devel zlib-devel qt5-devel
- python3-devel aspell-devel"
+ python3-devel aspell-devel file-devel"
 short_desc="Full text search tool based on Xapian backend"
 maintainer="Rui Abreu Ferreira <raf-ep@gmx.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/"
 distfiles="https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/recoll-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3109d76a65bb2f887231b643994ed701c2efe6ba0771f8451b39e2f186c3b6ad
+checksum=a48503c4b0040dc1a476340cb7a1afb34366c21ae665bdad3c9ef8958845c1fa