diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg
index 122b631e24..148661bce4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg
@@ -1,19 +1 @@
-By default, this package supports only non-interactive graphics output.
-For interactive graphics, install:
-
-- gtk+3 gir-freedesktop python3-gobject python3-cairocffi
-  (for GTK3Agg/GTK3Cairo backend)
-- python3-PyQt5 (for Qt5Agg backend)
-- python3-tkinter (for TkAgg backend)
-- python3-tornado (for webagg backend)
-
-To change the backend, you have two ways:
-
-- /etc/matplotlibrc (system-wide)
-- $HOME/.config/matplotlib/matplotlibrc (per-user basis)
-
-Natively, matplotlib only supports PNG images. Install python3-Pillow
-to support more file formats.
-
-Matplotlib’s LaTeX support requires a working LaTeX installation and
-ghostscript.
+NOTICE: /etc/matplotlibrc is no longer supported as configuration file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/files/README.voidlinux b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/files/README.voidlinux
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f56b4d9ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/files/README.voidlinux
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+By default, this package supports only non-interactive graphics output.
+For interactive graphics, install:
+
+- gtk+3 gir-freedesktop python3-gobject python3-cairocffi
+  (for GTK3Agg/GTK3Cairo backend)
+- python3-PyQt5 (for Qt5Agg backend)
+- python3-tkinter (for TkAgg backend)
+- python3-tornado (for webagg backend)
+
+The backend can be defined in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/matplotlib/matplotlibrc
+
+Natively, matplotlib only supports PNG images. Install python3-Pillow
+to support more file formats.
+
+Matplotlib’s LaTeX support requires a working LaTeX installation and
+ghostscript.
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/patches/matplotlibrc-path-search-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/patches/matplotlibrc-path-search-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2357130cde..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/patches/matplotlibrc-path-search-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- lib/matplotlib/__init__.py.orig
-+++ lib/matplotlib/__init__.py
-@@ -681,6 +681,8 @@
-         if path.is_dir():
-             return str(path)
- 
-+    return '/usr/share/matplotlib/mpl-data'
-+
-     raise RuntimeError('Could not find the matplotlib data files')
- 
- 
-@@ -742,6 +744,7 @@
-             yield os.path.join(matplotlibrc, 'matplotlibrc')
-         yield os.path.join(get_configdir(), 'matplotlibrc')
-         yield os.path.join(get_data_path(), 'matplotlibrc')
-+        yield '/etc/matplotlibrc'
- 
-     for fname in gen_candidates():
-         if os.path.exists(fname):
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template
index 7a95092817..7182291fa3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-matplotlib'
 pkgname=python3-matplotlib
-version=3.1.3
+version=3.2.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="matplotlib-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-setuptools"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-setuptools python3-numpy"
 # XXX use internal copy of agg, highly patched
-makedepends="python3-numpy python3-devel freetype-devel libpng-devel libqhull-devel"
+makedepends="python3-devel freetype-devel libpng-devel"
 depends="python3-matplotlib-data>=${version}_${revision} python3-numpy
  python3-dateutil python3-parsing python3-cycler python3-kiwisolver"
 short_desc="Python3 2D/3D plotting library"
@@ -14,31 +14,17 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="custom:matplotlib, BSD-3-Clause, MIT"
 homepage="https://matplotlib.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6edfe021671fcad1bd6081c980c380cb3d66d00895eb8c3450fa3842c441d1d1
-
-pre_build() {
-	# adjust qhull path
-	sed -i "s|'libqhull',|'qhull',|" setupext.py
-	# adjust conf file path
-	sed -i 's,\(site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data\),/etc,' matplotlibrc.template
-}
+checksum=5462728ed3be60af21bd8a6b33f5f1632dabdb3c1b3cc279cffb05926a48255c
 
 post_install() {
+	vdoc "${FILESDIR}/README.voidlinux"
 	vlicense LICENSE/LICENSE
-	# remove data files
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python3*/site-packages/matplotlib/mpl-data
 }
 
 python3-matplotlib-data_package() {
 	archs=noarch
 	short_desc+=" - data files"
-	conf_files="/etc/matplotlibrc"
-	replaces="python-matplotlib-data<3.0.0"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmkdir usr/share/matplotlib
-		vcopy lib/matplotlib/mpl-data usr/share/matplotlib
-		vsconf matplotlibrc.template
-		vconf ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
-		rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
+		vmove "${py3_sitelib}/matplotlib/mpl-data"
 	}
 }