diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index cdecd2da52..1305ffa192 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3336,9 +3336,9 @@ libgeos-3.6.2.so geos-3.6.2_1
 libgeos_c.so.1 geos-3.6.2_1
 libspatialindex.so.4 libspatialindex-1.8.5_1
 libspatialindex_c.so.4 libspatialindex-1.8.5_1
-liboctave.so.4 octave-4.2.1_8
-liboctinterp.so.4 octave-4.2.1_8
-liboctgui.so.2 octave-4.2.1_8
+liboctave.so.5 octave-4.4.0_1
+liboctinterp.so.5 octave-4.4.0_1
+liboctgui.so.3 octave-4.4.0_1
 libpapi.so.5 papi-5.6.0_1
 libpfm.so.4 papi-5.6.0_1
 libfifechan.so.0.1.4 fifechan-0.1.4_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/octave/patches/01-qscintilla.patch b/srcpkgs/octave/patches/01-qscintilla.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 68c992affc..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/octave/patches/01-qscintilla.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# reason: configure looks for the wrong filename
-# note: should be fixed in the next release
-
---- configure
-+++ configure
-@@ -34697,7 +34697,7 @@
-   case "$qt_version" in
-     4)
-       QT_MODULES="QtCore QtGui QtNetwork QtOpenGL"
--      octave_qscintilla_libnames=qscintilla2
-+      octave_qscintilla_libnames=qscintilla2 qscintilla_qt5
-     ;;
-     5)
-       QT_MODULES="Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Network Qt5OpenGL Qt5PrintSupport"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/octave/template b/srcpkgs/octave/template
index 3e54a681cf..3acde0d86f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/octave/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/octave/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'octave'
 pkgname=octave
-version=4.2.2
-revision=2
+version=4.4.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args=" --with-blas=openblas --with-lapack=openblas
  $(vopt_if largearrays --enable-64)"
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ makedepends="pcre-devel openblas-devel readline-devel libSM-devel libltdl-devel
  lcms2-devel glpk-devel"
 short_desc="High-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gnu.org/software/octave/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/octave/octave-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=77b84395d8e7728a1ab223058fe5e92dc38c03bc13f7358e6533aab36f76726e
+checksum=72f846379fcec7e813d46adcbacd069d72c4f4d8f6003bcd92c3513aafcd6e96
 
 # Package build options
 # TODO: some options are still missing, such as
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ makedepends+="
 	$(vopt_if curl libcurl-devel)
 	$(vopt_if fftw3 fftw-devel)
 	$(vopt_if graphicsmagick libgraphicsmagick-devel)
-	$(vopt_if gui 'qt5-devel qscintilla-qt5-devel')
+	$(vopt_if gui 'qt5-devel qscintilla-qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel')
 	$(vopt_if hdf5 hdf5-devel)
 	$(vopt_if imagemagick libmagick-devel)
 	$(vopt_if opengl "glu-devel fltk-devel fontconfig-devel freetype-devel gl2ps-devel")