diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch b/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 540c1a917f9..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/patches/cairo-1.10.0-buggy_gradients.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- src/cairo-xlib-display.c.ubuntu	2010-08-04 11:57:49.000000000 +0200
-+++ src/cairo-xlib-display.c	2010-08-04 11:58:28.000000000 +0200
-@@ -353,11 +353,7 @@
-     /* Prior to Render 0.10, there is no protocol support for gradients and
-      * we call function stubs instead, which would silently consume the drawing.
-      */
--#if RENDER_MAJOR == 0 && RENDER_MINOR < 10
-     display->buggy_gradients = TRUE;
--#else
--    display->buggy_gradients = FALSE;
--#endif
-     display->buggy_pad_reflect = FALSE;
-     display->buggy_repeat = FALSE;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cairo/template b/srcpkgs/cairo/template
index ff837483f2c..c71bbd76616 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cairo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cairo/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'cairo'.
 pkgname=cairo
-version=1.12.6
+version=1.12.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-tee --enable-gl"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1, MPL-1.1"
 homepage="http://cairographics.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=64b0cb89ef45972427f65bc5974e1c2e060bececdea1785fc9b7b6c7f1f42ae1
+checksum=8fbb6fc66117ab4100bad830cb4479497e53c6f3facb98bf05c8d298554ebdd9
 long_desc="
  Cairo is a vector graphics library with cross-device output support. Currently
  supported output targets include the X Window System and in-memory image