diff --git a/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.patch b/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.patch
index 62f7100b..d347342e 100644
--- a/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.patch
+++ b/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.patch
@@ -1,59 +1,24 @@
 diff -Paur --no-dereference -- libfreetype.upstream/builds/unix/configure libfreetype/builds/unix/configure
 --- libfreetype.upstream/builds/unix/configure
 +++ libfreetype/builds/unix/configure
-@@ -14363,56 +14363,8 @@
+@@ -14377,21 +14377,8 @@
        libpng_libsstaticconf="$LIBPNG_LIBS"
        have_libpng="yes (LIBPNG_CFLAGS and LIBPNG_LIBS)"
      else
 -      # fall back to config script
--      # Extract the first word of "libpng-config", so it can be a program name with args.
--set dummy libpng-config; ac_word=$2
--{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
--printf %s "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
--if test ${ac_cv_prog_have_libpng+y}
--then :
--  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
--else $as_nop
--  if test -n "$have_libpng"; then
--  ac_cv_prog_have_libpng="$have_libpng" # Let the user override the test.
--else
--as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
--for as_dir in $PATH
--do
--  IFS=$as_save_IFS
--  case $as_dir in #(((
--    '') as_dir=./ ;;
--    */) ;;
--    *) as_dir=$as_dir/ ;;
--  esac
--    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
--  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
--    ac_cv_prog_have_libpng="yes (libpng-config)"
--    printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
--    break 2
--  fi
--done
--  done
--IFS=$as_save_IFS
--
--  test -z "$ac_cv_prog_have_libpng" && ac_cv_prog_have_libpng="no"
--fi
--fi
--have_libpng=$ac_cv_prog_have_libpng
--if test -n "$have_libpng"; then
--  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $have_libpng" >&5
--printf "%s\n" "$have_libpng" >&6; }
--else
--  { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
--printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
--fi
--
--
--      if test "$have_libpng" != no; then
+-      { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for libpng-config" >&5
+-printf %s "checking for libpng-config... " >&6; }
+-      if which libpng-config > /dev/null 2>&1; then
 -        LIBPNG_CFLAGS=`libpng-config --cflags`
 -        LIBPNG_LIBS=`libpng-config --ldflags`
 -        libpng_libspriv=`libpng-config --static --ldflags`
 -        libpng_libsstaticconf="$libpng_libspriv"
+-        have_libpng="yes (libpng-config)"
+-        { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+-printf "%s\n" "yes" >&6; }
+-      else
+-        { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+-printf "%s\n" "no" >&6; }
 -      fi
 +      # PATCH: libpng-config should never be used.
 +      :
diff --git a/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.port b/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.port
index 54042ecf..e8335e18 100644
--- a/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.port
+++ b/ports/libfreetype/libfreetype.port
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 NAME=libfreetype
 BUILD_LIBRARIES='libz libbz2? libpng? libbrotli? libharfbuzz? librsvg?'
-VERSION=2.13.2
+VERSION=2.12.1
 DISTNAME=freetype-$VERSION
 COMPRESSION=tar.xz
 ARCHIVE=$DISTNAME.$COMPRESSION
-SHA256SUM=12991c4e55c506dd7f9b765933e62fd2be2e06d421505d7950a132e4f1bb484d
+SHA256SUM=4766f20157cc4cf0cd292f80bf917f92d1c439b243ac3018debf6b9140c41a7f
 UPSTREAM_SITE=https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype
 UPSTREAM_ARCHIVE=$ARCHIVE
 LICENSE='FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later'