diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/patches/20_matplotlibrc_path_search_fix.patch b/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/patches/20_matplotlibrc_path_search_fix.patch
index ea4e92e0243..cf46c18a567 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/patches/20_matplotlibrc_path_search_fix.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/patches/20_matplotlibrc_path_search_fix.patch
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ Description: Fixes the path to search for matplotlibrc file
 Forwarded: not-needed
 Author: Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>
 
---- lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
-+++ lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
-@@ -653,10 +653,12 @@ def _get_data_path():
-             raise RuntimeError('Path in environment MATPLOTLIBDATA not a directory')
+--- ./lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
++++ ./lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
+@@ -681,10 +681,12 @@ def _get_data_path():
          return path
  
--    path = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(__file__), 'mpl-data'])
+     _file = _decode_filesystem_path(__file__)
+-    path = os.sep.join([os.path.dirname(_file), 'mpl-data'])
 +    path = '/usr/share/matplotlib/mpl-data'
      if os.path.isdir(path):
          return path
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Author: Sandro Tosi <morph@debian.org>
      # setuptools' namespace_packages may highjack this init file
      # so need to try something known to be in matplotlib, not basemap
      import matplotlib.afm
-@@ -777,7 +779,7 @@ def matplotlib_fname():
+@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@ def matplotlib_fname():
                      home, '.matplotlib', 'matplotlibrc')
              return fname
  
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/template b/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/template
index ab1b52ad781..beebb463cff 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-matplotlib/template
@@ -1,32 +1,29 @@
 # Template file for 'python-matplotlib'
 pkgname=python-matplotlib
-version=1.4.3
-revision=3
+version=1.5.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="matplotlib-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 python_versions="2.7 3.4"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python-setuptools python3.4-setuptools"
-# XXX: use internal copy of agg and pycxx, highly patched
+# XXX: use internal copy of agg, highly patched
 makedepends="
  python-devel python3.4-devel python-numpy python3.4-numpy
- python-six python3.4-six python-dateutil python3.4-dateutil python-pytz
+ python-cycler python3.4-cycler python-dateutil python3.4-dateutil python-pytz
  python3.4-pytz python-tornado python3.4-tornado python-parsing
  python3.4-parsing python-PyQt4-devel python-PyQt5-devel python-pyside
  python3.4-pyside python-cairocffi python3.4-cairocffi python-gobject-devel
  pygtk-devel gtk+3-devel tk-devel python-tkinter python3.4-tkinter wxPython-devel
  freetype-devel libpng-devel libqhull-devel"
-depends="python-matplotlib-data>=${version}_${revision} python-numpy python-six
+depends="python-matplotlib-data>=${version}_${revision} python-numpy python-cycler
  python-dateutil python-parsing python-pytz"
-replaces="python-matplotlib-cairo>=0 python-matplotlib-gtk>=0 python-matplotlib-gtk3>=0
- python-matplotlib-qtshared>=0 python-matplotlib-qt4>=0 python-matplotlib-qt5>=0
- python-matplotlib-tk>=0 python-matplotlib-web>=0 python-matplotlib-wx>=0"
 pycompile_module="matplotlib mpl_toolkits pylab.py"
 short_desc="Python2 2D/3D plotting library"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://matplotlib.org/"
 license="matplotlib, BSD, MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=61f201c6a82e89e4d9e324266203fad44f95fd8f36d8eec0d8690273e1182f75
+checksum=67b08b1650a00a6317d94b76a30a47320087e5244920604c5462188cba0c2646
 
 export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp
 
@@ -62,11 +59,8 @@ python-matplotlib-data_package() {
 	}
 }
 python3.4-matplotlib_package() {
-	replaces="python3.4-matplotlib-cairo>=0 python3.4-matplotlib-gtk3>=0
-	 python3.4-matplotlib-qtshared>=0 python3.4-matplotlib-qt4>=0
-	 python3.4-matplotlib-qt5>=0 python3.4-matplotlib-tk>=0 python3.4-matplotlib-web>=0"
 	depends="python-matplotlib-data>=${version}_${revision} python3.4-numpy
-	 python3.4-six python3.4-dateutil python3.4-parsing python3.4-pytz"
+	 python3.4-cycler python3.4-dateutil python3.4-parsing python3.4-pytz"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3.4}"
 	pycompile_version="3.4"
 	pycompile_module="matplotlib mpl_toolkits pylab.py"