diff --git a/0001-Fix-a-null-pointer-dereference-when-computing.patch b/0001-Fix-a-null-pointer-dereference-when-computing.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d75426ff6..000000000
--- a/0001-Fix-a-null-pointer-dereference-when-computing.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-From 80191ec6a13e1d2172ee9e70e2d50d1e04b6fb0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Marcus Spencer <marcus@marcusspencer.us>
-Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 13:56:36 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix a null pointer dereference when computing a pattern from
- an FT_Face that has no family
-
-Closes #521
-
-See
----
- src/fcfreetype.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------
- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/src/fcfreetype.c b/src/fcfreetype.c
-index c57f9b33..05c2e8a0 100644
---- a/src/fcfreetype.c
-+++ b/src/fcfreetype.c
-@@ -2080,28 +2080,31 @@ FcFreeTypeQueryFaceInternal (const FT_Face   face,
- 	int generic_family = FC_FAMILY_UNKNOWN;
- 
- 	elt = FcPatternObjectFindElt (pat, FC_FAMILY_OBJECT);
--	for (l = FcPatternEltValues (elt); l; l = FcValueListNext (l)) {
--	    FcValue v = FcValueCanonicalize (&l->value);
-+	if (elt) {
-+	    for (l = FcPatternEltValues (elt); l; l = FcValueListNext (l)) {
-+		FcValue v = FcValueCanonicalize (&l->value);
- 
--	    if (v.type == FcTypeString) {
--		if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"mono")) {
--		    generic_family = FC_FAMILY_MONO;
--		    break;
--		} else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"sans")) {
--		    generic_family = FC_FAMILY_SANS;
--		    break;
--		} else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"serif")) {
--		    generic_family = FC_FAMILY_SERIF;
--		    break;
--		} else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"emoji")) {
--		    generic_family = FC_FAMILY_EMOJI;
--		    break;
--		} else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"math")) {
--		    generic_family = FC_FAMILY_MATH;
--		    break;
-+		if (v.type == FcTypeString) {
-+		    if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"mono")) {
-+			generic_family = FC_FAMILY_MONO;
-+			break;
-+		    } else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"sans")) {
-+			generic_family = FC_FAMILY_SANS;
-+			break;
-+		    } else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"serif")) {
-+			generic_family = FC_FAMILY_SERIF;
-+			break;
-+		    } else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"emoji")) {
-+			generic_family = FC_FAMILY_EMOJI;
-+			break;
-+		    } else if (FcStrStrIgnoreCase (v.u.s, (FcChar8 *)"math")) {
-+			generic_family = FC_FAMILY_MATH;
-+			break;
-+		    }
- 		}
- 	    }
- 	}
-+
- 	FcPatternObjectAddInteger(pat, FC_GENERIC_FAMILY_OBJECT, generic_family);
-     }
- 
--- 
-GitLab
-
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 02480cd50..0a7baa10e 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Maintainer: Yukari Chiba <i@0x7f.cc>
 
 pkgname=fontconfig
-pkgver=2.18.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=2.18.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Library for configuring and customizing font access"
 url=https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
 arch=(x86_64 aarch64 riscv64 loongarch64)
@@ -11,16 +11,10 @@ depends=(expat freetype2 musl)
 backup=(etc/fonts/fonts.conf)
 provides=(libfontconfig.so)
 makedepends=(gperf meson symlinks)
-# 0001: Backport, 80191ec6a13e ("Fix a null pointer dereference when computing a pattern from an FT_Face that has no family ")
-#	fix libfontconfig.so related crashes when the font has no family, for
-#       example, Unifont. Without this patch, fc-match also fails to match
-#       Unifont in any way.
 source=("https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/${pkgname}/-/archive/${pkgver}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
-        0001-Fix-a-null-pointer-dereference-when-computing.patch
         fontconfig.hook)
 install=fontconfig.install
-sha256sums=('5c94af4828988af6b1a8484ddba13b521162687f9e5129bd8f267b8f4cfbf619'
-            '59193f4f307df25c5815985cde11a777bd8772cce2a7dcf15f41fb84ce10629f'
+sha256sums=('e9309564717b6301230112b173f36c288489479d381d2f0add1210ca5b16ba7e'
             'fd7b6ce8ce178107f2e0b52462ebf186b6051c6eec945770107fda57048c9f34')
 
 prepare() {