diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitg/patches/meson-0.61.patch b/srcpkgs/gitg/patches/meson-0.61.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 330d45fc5ad..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gitg/patches/meson-0.61.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-From c81e1579afe7f221371b6866c25f388f48747728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michal Vasilek <michal@vasilek.cz>
-Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:54:31 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] meson: fix build with meson 0.61
-
-i18n.merge_file doesn't accept positional arguments
----
- data/meson.build | 2 --
- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
-index a8b90fd1..2413531d 100644
---- a/data/meson.build
-+++ b/data/meson.build
-@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ desktop_config = configuration_data()
- desktop_config.set('icon', application_id)
- desktop_config.set('binary', gitg_name)
- i18n.merge_file(
--  desktop,
-   type: 'desktop',
-   input: configure_file(
-     input: desktop + '.in.in',
-@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ appdata_config = configuration_data()
- appdata_config.set('app-id', application_id)
- appdata_config.set('gettext', gitg_name)
- i18n.merge_file(
--  appdata,
-   type: 'xml',
-   input: configure_file(
-     input: appdata + '.in.in',
--- 
-2.34.1
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitg/template b/srcpkgs/gitg/template
index fcaa0aae56b..01c21c65309 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitg/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'gitg'
 pkgname=gitg
-version=41
-revision=3
+version=44
+revision=1
 build_style=meson
-build_helper="qemu"
-hostmakedepends="gettext glib-devel gobject-introspection pkg-config vala"
-makedepends="libgee08-devel libglib-devel gtk+3-devel gspell-devel
- gtksourceview4-devel libgit2-glib-devel libpeas-devel libsecret-devel
- libxml2-devel libdazzle-devel json-glib-devel gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel"
+build_helper="gir qemu"
+hostmakedepends="desktop-file-utils gettext glib-devel gtk-update-icon-cache
+ pkg-config vala"
+makedepends="gpgme-devel gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel gspell-devel
+ gtksourceview4-devel libdazzle-devel libgee08-devel libgit2-glib-devel
+ libhandy1-devel libpeas-devel libsecret-devel"
 depends="git"
 short_desc="Git repository viewer for GTK+/GNOME"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gitg"
 changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gitg/-/raw/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=7fb61b9fb10fbaa548d23d7065babd72ad63e621de55840c065ce6e3986c4629
+checksum=342a31684dab9671cd341bd3e3ce665adcee0460c2a081ddc493cdbc03132530