diff --git a/groups/261.native_packages_x11.group b/groups/261.native_packages_x11.group
index a87eb33..af5f908 100644
--- a/groups/261.native_packages_x11.group
+++ b/groups/261.native_packages_x11.group
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ xeyes xorgproto Xrender xterm xtrans xwd xwin")";
 : ${PKG_GTK2_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--disable-cups --disable-papi"};
 : ${PKG_GTK2_DISABLED:=1};
 : ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_DEPENDS:="freetype_pre glib"};
-: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_VERSION:=1.7.5};
+: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_SHA256SUM:=a8e5c86e4d99e1cc9865ec1b8e9b05b98e413c2a885cd11f8e9bb9502dd3e3a9};
+: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_VERSION:=1.8.8};
 : ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_URL:=https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-${PKG_HARFBUZZ_VERSION}.tar.bz2};
-: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_SHA256SUM:=84574e1b1f65ca694cb8fb6905309665c0368af18a312357f8ff886ee2f29563};
-: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_CFLAGS_CONFIGURE_EXTRA:="-I${PREFIX_NATIVE}/include/freetype2"};
-: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:=--with-icu=no};
+: ${PKG_HARFBUZZ_CONFIGURE_ARGS_EXTRA:="--with-icu=no --with-cairo=no"};
 : ${PKG_IMLIB2_DEPENDS:="freetype libX11 libXext"};
 : ${PKG_IMLIB2_SHA256SUM:=4d393a77e13da883c8ee2da3b029da3570210fe37d000c9ac33d9fce751b166d};
 : ${PKG_IMLIB2_VERSION:=1.6.1};
diff --git a/patches/harfbuzz-1.7.5.local.patch b/patches/harfbuzz-1.7.5.local.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 65a2b8f..0000000
--- a/patches/harfbuzz-1.7.5.local.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- harfbuzz-1.7.5/src/hb-ot-kern-table.hh.orig	2018-02-27 21:36:40.772000000 +0000
-+++ harfbuzz-1.7.5/src/hb-ot-kern-table.hh	2018-02-27 21:37:57.168000000 +0000
-@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
-   {
-     TRACE_SANITIZE (this);
-     return_trace (c->check_struct (thiz()) &&
--		  thiz()->length >= thiz()->min_size &&
-+		  thiz()->length >= T::min_size &&
- 		  c->check_array (thiz(), 1, thiz()->length) &&
- 		  thiz()->subtable.sanitize (c, thiz()->format));
-   }