diff --git a/xdg-utils/.footprint b/xdg-utils/.footprint
index 443d911b0..6bd9bb71e 100644
--- a/xdg-utils/.footprint
+++ b/xdg-utils/.footprint
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/xdg-screensaver
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/xdg-settings
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/desktop-directories/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/xdg-desktop-icon.1.gz
diff --git a/xdg-utils/.signature b/xdg-utils/.signature
index c16a59f06..e43ca1b25 100644
--- a/xdg-utils/.signature
+++ b/xdg-utils/.signature
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3/ym+MORnLrsErwFChD2GFj+xf4TZ8qFioNWaF+VDy6hNeWlRLK4epRndses8wRI07cBp8cPGLhwcUJLUXEfQgI=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 45b2d691e7861b384fe7adf4102b74a7688405950a7758106b9511fc2ec265b6
-SHA256 (.footprint) = a9295120258ac9623d6992d7f36cf65e45c2c853c96792921225d667087cf175
-SHA256 (xdg-utils-1.1.3.tar.gz) = d798b08af8a8e2063ddde6c9fa3398ca81484f27dec642c5627ffcaa0d4051d9
-SHA256 (drop_obsolete_GNOME_support.patch) = 2c23c73481000784a0bd9c0211a79e5b3674cbc97ce1eb36c0a180e46ddb45b0
+RWSagIOpLGJF359SmzjBnjpMNcYwYcAQho43JFsIN1Y1pbyRZtAYFmgVnpviLZk0MT/eJcm6reJRS5FjjhqcCd65HWF7YcbCdQY=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = c5712ca40a355c6671fb84d990895cdc01c95898068ff52f8d0f150f71f87c5b
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 2fc14a4b53cf1be725bfea1e26f240ae2d9c16faba09c811e33b50988a218213
+SHA256 (xdg-utils-v1.2.1.tar.bz2) = 93d510dccf328378f012fe195b4574c2fac1cd65a74d0852d6eaa72e5a2065a7
diff --git a/xdg-utils/Pkgfile b/xdg-utils/Pkgfile
index fe490c9c1..7e5cb290f 100644
--- a/xdg-utils/Pkgfile
+++ b/xdg-utils/Pkgfile
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 # Depends on: xmlto lynx
 
 name=xdg-utils
-version=1.1.3
+version=1.2.1
 release=1
-source=(https://portland.freedesktop.org/download/$name-$version.tar.gz
-  drop_obsolete_GNOME_support.patch)
+source=(https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-utils/-/archive/v$version/xdg-utils-v$version.tar.bz2)
 
 build() {
-  cd $name-$version
-  patch -Np1 -i ../drop_obsolete_GNOME_support.patch
+  cd $name-v$version
 
   ./configure --prefix=/usr \
     --disable-nls
   make
   make DESTDIR=$PKG install
+
+  mkdir $PKG/usr/share/desktop-directories
 }
diff --git a/xdg-utils/drop_obsolete_GNOME_support.patch b/xdg-utils/drop_obsolete_GNOME_support.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f00325ff0..000000000
--- a/xdg-utils/drop_obsolete_GNOME_support.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-From 21bb62e4ed715edb342bc6f1ca0983bd706228af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Johannes=20L=C3=B6thberg?= <johannes@kyriasis.com>
-Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 20:53:54 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] xdg-desktop-menu: Drop obsolete GNOME support
-
-This commit drops the obsolete support for the GNOME-specific directory
-for .desktop files, since it has not been needed since GNOME 2.10, and
-since it forces the creation of ~/.gnome whether you want it or not.
-
-https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90775
----
- scripts/xdg-desktop-menu.in | 47 +++++++++------------------------------------
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/scripts/xdg-desktop-menu.in b/scripts/xdg-desktop-menu.in
-index 13159cb..8654764 100644
---- a/scripts/xdg-desktop-menu.in
-+++ b/scripts/xdg-desktop-menu.in
-@@ -126,22 +126,18 @@ update_submenu()
-     DEBUG 3 "xdg_global_dir: $xdg_global_dir"
-     DEBUG 3 "kde_user_dir: $kde_user_dir"
-     DEBUG 3 "kde_global_dir: $kde_global_dir"
--    DEBUG 3 "gnome_user_dir: $gnome_user_dir"
--    DEBUG 3 "gnome_global_dir: $gnome_global_dir"
- 
-     if [ x"$mode" = x"user" ] ; then
-         xdg_dir="$xdg_user_dir"
-         kde_dir="$kde_user_dir"
--        gnome_dir="$gnome_user_dir"
-         my_umask=077
-         my_chmod=0600
-     else
-         xdg_dir="$xdg_global_dir"
-         kde_dir="$kde_global_dir"
--        gnome_dir="$gnome_global_dir"
-         my_umask=022
-         my_chmod=0644
--        if [ -z "${xdg_dir}${kde_dir}${gnome_dir}" ] ; then
-+        if [ -z "${xdg_dir}${kde_dir}" ] ; then
-             exit_failure_operation_impossible "No writable system menu directory found."
-         fi
-     fi
-@@ -158,15 +154,6 @@ update_submenu()
-         return
-     fi
- 
--    if [ $action = "install" ] && [ -f "/etc/xdg/menus/gnome-applications.menu" ] ; then
--        # Work around for Debian Gnome
--        gnome_xdg_dir=`echo "$xdg_dir" | sed -e 's^/applications-merged^/gnome-applications-merged^'`
--        if [ ! -e "$gnome_xdg_dir" ] ; then
--            DEBUG 1 "Debian Workaround: Link '$xdg_dir' to '$gnome_xdg_dir'"
--            mkdir -p `dirname "$gnome_xdg_dir"`
--            eval 'ln -s "applications-merged" "$gnome_xdg_dir"'$xdg_redirect_output
--        fi
--    fi
-     if [ $action = "install" ] && [ -f "/etc/mandrake-release" ] ; then
-         # Work around for Mandriva 2006
-         mandrake_xdg_dir=`echo "$xdg_dir" | sed -e 's^/applications-merged^/applications-mdk-merged^'`
-@@ -489,20 +476,16 @@ DEBUG 3 "xdg_user_dir: $xdg_user_dir"
- DEBUG 3 "xdg_global_dir: $xdg_global_dir"
- DEBUG 3 "kde_user_dir: $kde_user_dir"
- DEBUG 3 "kde_global_dir: $kde_global_dir"
--DEBUG 3 "gnome_user_dir: $gnome_user_dir"
--DEBUG 3 "gnome_global_dir: $gnome_global_dir"
- 
- if [ x"$mode" = x"user" ] ; then
-     xdg_dir="$xdg_user_dir"
-     kde_dir="$kde_user_dir"
--    gnome_dir="$gnome_user_dir"
-     my_umask=077
- else
-     xdg_dir="$xdg_global_dir"
-     kde_dir="$kde_global_dir"
--    gnome_dir="$gnome_global_dir"
-     my_umask=022
--    if [ -z "${xdg_dir}${kde_dir}${gnome_dir}" ] ; then
-+    if [ -z "${xdg_dir}${kde_dir}" ] ; then
-         exit_failure_operation_impossible "No writable system menu directory found."
-     fi
- fi
-@@ -510,14 +493,14 @@ fi
- for desktop_file in $directory_files; do
-     basefile=`basename "$desktop_file"`
- 
--    DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir"
-+    DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $xdg_dir $kde_dir"
- 
-     case $action in
-         install)
-             save_umask=`umask`
-             umask $my_umask
- 
--            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir ; do
-+            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir ; do
-                 mkdir -p $x
-                 eval 'cp $desktop_file $x/$basefile'$xdg_redirect_output
-             done
-@@ -526,7 +509,7 @@ for desktop_file in $directory_files; do
-             ;;
- 
-         uninstall)
--            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir ; do
-+            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir ; do
-                 rm -f $x/$basefile
-             done
- 
-@@ -555,29 +538,21 @@ kde_user_dir=`kde${KDE_SESSION_VERSION}-config --path apps 2> /dev/null | cut -d
- kde_global_dir=`kde${KDE_SESSION_VERSION}-config --path apps 2> /dev/null | cut -d ':' -f 2`
- [ -w $kde_global_dir ] || kde_global_dir=
- 
--gnome_user_dir="$HOME/.gnome/apps"
--gnome_global_dir="/usr/share/gnome/apps"
--[ -w $gnome_global_dir ] || gnome_global_dir=
--
- DEBUG 3 "Install locations for *.desktop files:"
- DEBUG 3 "xdg_user_dir: $xdg_user_dir"
- DEBUG 3 "xdg_global_dir: $xdg_global_dir"
- DEBUG 3 "kde_user_dir: $kde_user_dir"
- DEBUG 3 "kde_global_dir: $kde_global_dir"
--DEBUG 3 "gnome_user_dir: $gnome_user_dir"
--DEBUG 3 "gnome_global_dir: $gnome_global_dir"
- 
- if [ x"$mode" = x"user" ] ; then
-     xdg_dir="$xdg_user_dir"
-     kde_dir="$kde_user_dir"
--    gnome_dir="$gnome_user_dir"
-     my_umask=077
- else
-     xdg_dir="$xdg_global_dir"
-     kde_dir="$kde_global_dir"
--    gnome_dir="$gnome_global_dir"
-     my_umask=022
--    if [ -z "${xdg_dir}${kde_dir}${gnome_dir}" ] ; then
-+    if [ -z "${xdg_dir}${kde_dir}" ] ; then
-         exit_failure_operation_impossible "No writable system menu directory found."
-     fi
- fi
-@@ -589,14 +564,14 @@ for desktop_file in $desktop_files; do
- 
-     basefile=`basename "$desktop_file"`
- 
--    DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir"
-+    DEBUG 1 "$action $desktop_file in $xdg_dir $kde_dir"
- 
-     case $action in
-         install)
-             save_umask=`umask`
-             umask $my_umask
- 
--            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir ; do
-+            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir ; do
-                 mkdir -p $x
-                 eval 'cp $desktop_file $x/$basefile'$xdg_redirect_output
-             done
-@@ -605,17 +580,13 @@ for desktop_file in $desktop_files; do
-                 echo "OnlyShowIn=Old;" >> $kde_dir/$basefile
-             fi
- 
--            if [ -f $gnome_dir/$basefile ] ; then
--                echo "OnlyShowIn=Old;" >> $gnome_dir/$basefile
--            fi
--
-             make_lazy_default "$xdg_dir" "$basefile"
- 
-             umask $save_umask
-             ;;
- 
-         uninstall)
--            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir $gnome_dir ; do
-+            for x in $xdg_dir $kde_dir ; do
-                 rm -f $x/$basefile
-             done
- 
--- 
-2.4.2