diff --git a/groups/000.host_tools.group b/groups/000.host_tools.group
index 0ac365b..9628bd6 100644
--- a/groups/000.host_tools.group
+++ b/groups/000.host_tools.group
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ HOST_TOOLS_PREFIX="${PREFIX}";
 : ${PKG_LIBTOOL_HOST_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/libtool-${PKG_LIBTOOL_HOST_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_LIBTOOL_HOST_LIBTOOL:=none};
 : ${PKG_M4_HOST_DEPENDS:="pkgconf_host slibtool_host"};
-: ${PKG_M4_HOST_SHA256SUM:=f2c1e86ca0a404ff281631bdc8377638992744b175afb806e25871a24a934e07};
-: ${PKG_M4_HOST_VERSION:=1.4.18};
+: ${PKG_M4_HOST_SHA256SUM:=63aede5c6d33b6d9b13511cd0be2cac046f2e70fd0a07aa9573a04a82783af96};
+: ${PKG_M4_HOST_VERSION:=1.4.19};
 : ${PKG_M4_HOST_URL:=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/m4-${PKG_M4_HOST_VERSION}.tar.xz};
 : ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_DEPENDS:="slibtool_host"};
 : ${PKG_PKGCONF_HOST_SHA256SUM:=61f0b31b0d5ea0e862b454a80c170f57bad47879c0c42bd8de89200ff62ea210};
diff --git a/patches/m4_host-1.4.18.local.patch b/patches/m4_host-1.4.18.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c10bcbf..0000000
--- a/patches/m4_host-1.4.18.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-update for glibc libio.h removal in 2.28+
-
-see
-https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/m4/c/814d592134fad36df757f9a61422d164ea2c6c9b?branch=master
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/?id=4af4a4a718]
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/fflush.c
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/fflush.c
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/fflush.c
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
- #undef fflush
- 
- 
--#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
- 
- /* Clear the stream's ungetc buffer, preserving the value of ftello (fp).  */
- static void
-@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ clear_ungetc_buffer (FILE *fp)
- 
- #endif
- 
--#if ! (defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */)
-+#if ! (defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */)
- 
- # if (defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__) && defined __SNPT
- /* FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, Mac OS X, Cygwin, Android */
-@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ rpl_fflush (FILE *stream)
-   if (stream == NULL || ! freading (stream))
-     return fflush (stream);
- 
--#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
- 
-   clear_ungetc_buffer_preserving_position (stream);
- 
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/fpending.c
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/fpending.c
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/fpending.c
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ __fpending (FILE *fp)
-   /* Most systems provide FILE as a struct and the necessary bitmask in
-      <stdio.h>, because they need it for implementing getc() and putc() as
-      fast macros.  */
--#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-   return fp->_IO_write_ptr - fp->_IO_write_base;
- #elif defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__
-   /* FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly, Mac OS X, Cygwin, Android */
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/fpurge.c
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/fpurge.c
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/fpurge.c
-@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fpurge (FILE *fp)
-   /* Most systems provide FILE as a struct and the necessary bitmask in
-      <stdio.h>, because they need it for implementing getc() and putc() as
-      fast macros.  */
--# if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+# if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-   fp->_IO_read_end = fp->_IO_read_ptr;
-   fp->_IO_write_ptr = fp->_IO_write_base;
-   /* Avoid memory leak when there is an active ungetc buffer.  */
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/freadahead.c
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/freadahead.c
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/freadahead.c
-@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
- size_t
- freadahead (FILE *fp)
- {
--#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-   if (fp->_IO_write_ptr > fp->_IO_write_base)
-     return 0;
-   return (fp->_IO_read_end - fp->_IO_read_ptr)
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/freading.c
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/freading.c
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/freading.c
-@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ freading (FILE *fp)
-   /* Most systems provide FILE as a struct and the necessary bitmask in
-      <stdio.h>, because they need it for implementing getc() and putc() as
-      fast macros.  */
--# if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+# if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-   return ((fp->_flags & _IO_NO_WRITES) != 0
-           || ((fp->_flags & (_IO_NO_READS | _IO_CURRENTLY_PUTTING)) == 0
-               && fp->_IO_read_base != NULL));
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/fseeko.c
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/fseeko.c
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/fseeko.c
-@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fseeko (FILE *fp, off_t offset, int when
- #endif
- 
-   /* These tests are based on fpurge.c.  */
--#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-   if (fp->_IO_read_end == fp->_IO_read_ptr
-       && fp->_IO_write_ptr == fp->_IO_write_base
-       && fp->_IO_save_base == NULL)
-@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ fseeko (FILE *fp, off_t offset, int when
-           return -1;
-         }
- 
--#if defined _IO_ftrylockfile || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-+#if defined _IO_EOF_SEEN || __GNU_LIBRARY__ == 1 /* GNU libc, BeOS, Haiku, Linux libc5 */
-       fp->_flags &= ~_IO_EOF_SEEN;
-       fp->_offset = pos;
- #elif defined __sferror || defined __DragonFly__ || defined __ANDROID__
-Index: m4-1.4.18/lib/stdio-impl.h
-===================================================================
---- m4-1.4.18.orig/lib/stdio-impl.h
-+++ m4-1.4.18/lib/stdio-impl.h
-@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
-    the same implementation of stdio extension API, except that some fields
-    have different naming conventions, or their access requires some casts.  */
- 
-+/* Glibc 2.28 made _IO_IN_BACKUP private.  For now, work around this
-+   problem by defining it ourselves.  FIXME: Do not rely on glibc
-+   internals.  */
-+#if !defined _IO_IN_BACKUP && defined _IO_EOF_SEEN
-+# define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100
-+#endif
- 
- /* BSD stdio derived implementations.  */
-