diff --git a/python3-libxml2/.footprint b/python3-libxml2/.footprint
index 2275aace3..29c1afdf1 100644
--- a/python3-libxml2/.footprint
+++ b/python3-libxml2/.footprint
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/__pycache__/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/__pycache__/libxml2.cpython-39.pyc
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/drv_libxml2.py
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libxml2.py
--rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libxml2_python-2.9.10-py3.9.egg-info
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libxml2_python-2.9.12-py3.9.egg-info
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/libxml2mod.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
diff --git a/python3-libxml2/.signature b/python3-libxml2/.signature
index a038f09d1..68dd48854 100644
--- a/python3-libxml2/.signature
+++ b/python3-libxml2/.signature
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/opt.pub
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-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = cfb24f486aac36710d7ab01fbb4f27475df60ef175843189572cf8741a0a01b1
-SHA256 (.footprint) = 1c25762c69245ad543c9cdf58b304085b225e0cac2a759f22db56f923f10d46e
-SHA256 (libxml2-2.9.10.tar.gz) = aafee193ffb8fe0c82d4afef6ef91972cbaf5feea100edc2f262750611b4be1f
-SHA256 (python3.9.patch) = 8150a23d01966bff1dbf110294012756f5a3a29bf4f671f0e07b84d4307e4bce
+RWSE3ohX2g5d/a9bz5MLNPH5qPdvLlzdUHiMCRsWBaTXtkbi82SHsIJ5yo+YafaToFjDaIZmMQAKY8873kcjmSJfZ8mEmeqjhQw=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = b07f26021d5f1fb659c9170a43d7131dbac4360f04035691ebc11576323fde95
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 357ae60072518c4904172d61785ac72f27a47e7eeb0146a2e379047dcc33744a
+SHA256 (libxml2-2.9.12.tar.gz) = c8d6681e38c56f172892c85ddc0852e1fd4b53b4209e7f4ebf17f7e2eae71d92
diff --git a/python3-libxml2/Pkgfile b/python3-libxml2/Pkgfile
index a29e1d258..de7fb3352 100644
--- a/python3-libxml2/Pkgfile
+++ b/python3-libxml2/Pkgfile
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Description: Python bindings for the XML library version 2
-# URL:         http://xmlsoft.org/
-# Maintainer:  Juergen Daubert, jue at crux dot nu
-# Depends on:  python3-setuptools libxml2
+# URL: http://xmlsoft.org/
+# Maintainer: Juergen Daubert, jue at crux dot nu
+# Depends on: python3-setuptools libxml2
 
 name=python3-libxml2
-version=2.9.10
-release=2
-source=(ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-$version.tar.gz
-        python3.9.patch)
+version=2.9.12
+release=1
+source=(ftp://xmlsoft.org/libxml2/libxml2-$version.tar.gz)
 
-build () {
-    cd libxml2-$version/python
-    patch -p2 -i $SRC/python3.9.patch
-    /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
-    /usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
+build() {
+	cd libxml2-$version/python
+	/usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
+	/usr/bin/python3 setup.py install --root=$PKG
 }
diff --git a/python3-libxml2/python3.9.patch b/python3-libxml2/python3.9.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f14cddf8..000000000
--- a/python3-libxml2/python3.9.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-commit e4fb36841800038c289997432ca547c9bfef9db1
-Author: Miro Hrončok <miro@hroncok.cz>
-Date:   Fri Feb 28 12:48:14 2020 +0100
-
-    Parenthesize Py<type>_Check() in ifs
-    
-    In C, if expressions should be parenthesized.
-    PyLong_Check, PyUnicode_Check etc. happened to expand to a parenthesized
-    expression before, but that's not API to rely on.
-    
-    Since Python 3.9.0a4 it needs to be parenthesized explicitly.
-    
-    Fixes https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/issues/149
-
-diff --git a/python/libxml.c b/python/libxml.c
-index bc676c4e..81e709f3 100644
---- a/python/libxml.c
-+++ b/python/libxml.c
-@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ xmlPythonFileReadRaw (void * context, char * buffer, int len) {
- 	lenread = PyBytes_Size(ret);
- 	data = PyBytes_AsString(ret);
- #ifdef PyUnicode_Check
--    } else if PyUnicode_Check (ret) {
-+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check (ret)) {
- #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
-         Py_ssize_t size;
- 	const char *tmp;
-@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ xmlPythonFileRead (void * context, char * buffer, int len) {
- 	lenread = PyBytes_Size(ret);
- 	data = PyBytes_AsString(ret);
- #ifdef PyUnicode_Check
--    } else if PyUnicode_Check (ret) {
-+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check (ret)) {
- #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
-         Py_ssize_t size;
- 	const char *tmp;
-diff --git a/python/types.c b/python/types.c
-index c2bafeb1..ed284ec7 100644
---- a/python/types.c
-+++ b/python/types.c
-@@ -602,16 +602,16 @@ libxml_xmlXPathObjectPtrConvert(PyObject *obj)
-     if (obj == NULL) {
-         return (NULL);
-     }
--    if PyFloat_Check (obj) {
-+    if (PyFloat_Check (obj)) {
-         ret = xmlXPathNewFloat((double) PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(obj));
--    } else if PyLong_Check(obj) {
-+    } else if (PyLong_Check(obj)) {
- #ifdef PyLong_AS_LONG
-         ret = xmlXPathNewFloat((double) PyLong_AS_LONG(obj));
- #else
-         ret = xmlXPathNewFloat((double) PyInt_AS_LONG(obj));
- #endif
- #ifdef PyBool_Check
--    } else if PyBool_Check (obj) {
-+    } else if (PyBool_Check (obj)) {
- 
-         if (obj == Py_True) {
-           ret = xmlXPathNewBoolean(1);
-@@ -620,14 +620,14 @@ libxml_xmlXPathObjectPtrConvert(PyObject *obj)
-           ret = xmlXPathNewBoolean(0);
-         }
- #endif
--    } else if PyBytes_Check (obj) {
-+    } else if (PyBytes_Check (obj)) {
-         xmlChar *str;
- 
-         str = xmlStrndup((const xmlChar *) PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj),
-                          PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj));
-         ret = xmlXPathWrapString(str);
- #ifdef PyUnicode_Check
--    } else if PyUnicode_Check (obj) {
-+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check (obj)) {
- #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03030000
-         xmlChar *str;
- 	const char *tmp;
-@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ libxml_xmlXPathObjectPtrConvert(PyObject *obj)
- 	ret = xmlXPathWrapString(str);
- #endif
- #endif
--    } else if PyList_Check (obj) {
-+    } else if (PyList_Check (obj)) {
-         int i;
-         PyObject *node;
-         xmlNodePtr cur;