diff --git a/srcpkgs/gxi/patches/0001-feat-gettext-build-against-system-gettext.patch b/srcpkgs/gxi/patches/0001-feat-gettext-build-against-system-gettext.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7519c4a1c9..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gxi/patches/0001-feat-gettext-build-against-system-gettext.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-From e14a88e5a254c6cd55fe3b83dd1fe6aba6abdfb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:36:01 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] feat(gettext): build against system gettext
-
----
- Cargo.toml | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
-index 96e9d18..df2e068 100644
---- Cargo.toml
-+++ Cargo.toml
-@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ xi-rpc = { version="0.2.0", path="vendor/xi-editor/rust/rpc" }
- dirs = "1"
- toml = "0.4"
- tempfile = "3"
--gettext-rs = "0.4"
-+gettext-rs = { version="0.4", features=["gettext-system"] }
- crossbeam-deque = "0.7"
- 
- [profile.release]
--- 
-2.20.1
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gxi/template b/srcpkgs/gxi/template
index d38e82e35f..467c0e00ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gxi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gxi/template
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'gxi'
 pkgname=gxi
-version=0.4.6
+version=0.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper=rust
-hostmakedepends="cargo pkg-config rust gettext"
+hostmakedepends="cargo pkg-config rust gettext appstream-glib"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel rust-std gettext-devel"
 short_desc="GTK frontend for the xi text editor, written in Rust"
 maintainer="Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/Cogitri/gxi"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Cogitri/gxi/releases/download/v${version}/gxi-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=3e5420a284d685490887d96aba2a2eab9d41a6baa1e6b800d077e2ecf246422f
+checksum=2d959f7127b58f96748e804f3539f112770ed6941e52bd03920e86342143ed5e
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	x86_64-musl) broken="error: Could not compile 'gio'." ;;
-	*-musl) broken="error: Could not compile 'glib'." ;;
+	*-musl) broken="Fails to run subcommand" ;;
 esac
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then