diff --git a/srcpkgs/freecad/template b/srcpkgs/freecad/template
index f5fe59d0790..e11932b7f78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/freecad/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/freecad/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #  - python3: freecad code not yet ready for it, probably at 0.18
 pkgname=freecad
 version=0.17
-revision=8
+revision=9
 wrksrc="FreeCAD-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/occt/patches/fix-cmake-regex.patch b/srcpkgs/occt/patches/fix-cmake-regex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4742ed9f2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/occt/patches/fix-cmake-regex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# fix regex for cmake Config file
+# inspired by https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk/cmake-fix-variable.patch?h=packages/opencascade&id=c99074d88da40ae59882aaf173de94cd0ec73ca7
+
+--- adm/templates/OpenCASCADEConfig.cmake.in	2019-01-27 00:18:42.763819658 -0500
++++ adm/templates/OpenCASCADEConfig.cmake.in	2019-01-27 23:40:32.872489521 -0500
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ if (OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX MATCHES "/cmake$")
+   get_filename_component (OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" PATH)
+ endif()
+-if (OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX MATCHES "/lib$")
++if (OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX MATCHES "/lib(32|64)?$")
+   get_filename_component (OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${OpenCASCADE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" PATH)
+ endif()
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/occt/patches/xlocale.patch b/srcpkgs/occt/patches/xlocale.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2efd3719c3f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/occt/patches/xlocale.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Description: fix xlocale.h include for glibc 2.26+ compat
- This patch fixes compatibility with glibc 2.26+ due to xlocale.h removal.
-Origin: vendor, https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=opencascade7
-Author: Grey Christoforo
-Bug: https://tracker.dev.opencascade.org/view.php?id=28971.
-===================================================================
-
---- src/Standard/Standard_CLocaleSentry.hxx
-+++ src/Standard/Standard_CLocaleSentry.hxx
-@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
- 
- #if defined(HAVE_XLOCALE_H) && !(defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ <= 24))
-   // xlocale.h is actually a non-standard header file; glibc 2.26 has removed it altogether (all definition comes from locale.h)
--  #include <xlocale.h>
-+  #include <X11/Xlocale.h>
- #endif
- 
- #if !defined(__ANDROID__)
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/occt/template b/srcpkgs/occt/template
index e982435c08d..ea65fd936b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/occt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/occt/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'occt'
 pkgname=occt
-version=7.2.0p1
-revision=2
+version=7.3.0p2
+revision=1
 _gittag="V${version//./_}"
 wrksrc=occt-${_gittag}
 build_style=cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ homepage="https://www.opencascade.com"
 # distifile: use git instead of official tarball that requires registration
 # see https://www.opencascade.com/content/packaging-again-debian
 distfiles="https://git.dev.opencascade.org/gitweb/?p=occt.git;a=snapshot;h=refs/tags/${_gittag};sf=tgz>occt-${_gittag}.tar.gz"
-checksum=530f9981e6026e6cc04c462ab039b4977a568f943d6086dc502262d100a07a79
+checksum=c54f2f584d800c75177df0637cb9a04cfb8a6a88758bad2cd0eed044cab6f27f
 conflicts="oce>=0"
 
 post_install() {