diff --git a/packages/babl/Makefile.am.patch b/packages/babl/Makefile.am.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 51cbcc3dc..000000000
--- a/packages/babl/Makefile.am.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../babl-BABL_0_1_62/Makefile.am ./Makefile.am
---- ../babl-BABL_0_1_62/Makefile.am	2019-02-01 16:22:50.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./Makefile.am	2019-02-03 21:11:44.103560598 +0000
-@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
- SUBDIRS = \
- 	babl		\
- 	extensions	\
--	tools		\
--	tests
-+	tools
- 
- if ENABLE_DOCS
- SUBDIRS+= docs
diff --git a/packages/babl/babl-meson.build.patch b/packages/babl/babl-meson.build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15e14c0ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babl/babl-meson.build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../babl-0.1.70/babl/meson.build ./babl/meson.build
+--- ../babl-0.1.70/babl/meson.build	2019-08-02 16:16:52.000000000 +0000
++++ ./babl/meson.build	2019-08-08 09:55:50.648892290 +0000
+@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
+   c_args: babl_c_args,
+   link_whole: [ babl_base, ],
+   link_args: [ babl_link_args, ],
+-  dependencies: [ math, thread, dl, lcms, ],
++  dependencies: [ math, thread, dl, lcms, log, ],
+   link_depends: [ version_script_target, ],
+   version: so_version,
+   install: true,
diff --git a/packages/babl/build.sh b/packages/babl/build.sh
index 7424e7dc9..21fdf74c2 100644
--- a/packages/babl/build.sh
+++ b/packages/babl/build.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://gegl.org/babl/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Dynamic pixel format translation library"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-3.0"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.1.68
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/GNOME/babl/archive/BABL_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION//./_}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=788f60c6ae9a78c9ed7b6a0f2a1e2c493d81a5b1e5f3c795447b01824331637e
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.1.70
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://download.gimp.org/pub/babl/0.1/babl-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=06ad1f83c33bca265182b1e5af6262574ed4fa9804375ca6641b39f5be69484d
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="littlecms"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="babl-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="babl-dev"
-
-termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-}
diff --git a/packages/babl/tests-meson.build.patch b/packages/babl/tests-meson.build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3b165533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babl/tests-meson.build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../babl-0.1.70/tests/meson.build ./tests/meson.build
+--- ../babl-0.1.70/tests/meson.build	2019-08-02 16:16:52.000000000 +0000
++++ ./tests/meson.build	2019-08-08 09:58:14.015259147 +0000
+@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
+     test_name + '.c',
+     include_directories: [ rootInclude, bablInclude, ],
+     link_with: [ babl, ],
+-    dependencies: [ thread, ],
++    dependencies: [ thread, log, ],
+     export_dynamic: true,
+     install: false,
+   )
diff --git a/packages/babl/tools-Makefile.am.patch b/packages/babl/tools-Makefile.am.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9acc00486..000000000
--- a/packages/babl/tools-Makefile.am.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../babl-BABL_0_1_34/tools/Makefile.am ./tools/Makefile.am
---- ../babl-BABL_0_1_34/tools/Makefile.am	2017-10-06 15:15:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./tools/Makefile.am	2017-10-14 20:30:33.268973098 +0200
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- AM_LDFLAGS = -no-install
- 
- LDADD = $(top_builddir)/babl/libbabl-@BABL_API_VERSION@.la \
--	$(MATH_LIB) $(THREAD_LIB)
-+	$(MATH_LIB) $(THREAD_LIB) $(LOG_LIB)
- 
- noinst_PROGRAMS =		\
- 	babl-verify		\
diff --git a/packages/babl/tools-meson.build.patch b/packages/babl/tools-meson.build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..201deb2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babl/tools-meson.build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -u -r ../babl-0.1.70/tools/meson.build ./tools/meson.build
+--- ../babl-0.1.70/tools/meson.build	2019-08-02 16:16:52.000000000 +0000
++++ ./tools/meson.build	2019-08-08 09:59:07.362648769 +0000
+@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
+     tool_name + '.c',
+     include_directories: [ rootInclude, bablInclude, ],
+     link_with: [ babl, ],
+-    dependencies: [ math, thread, ],
++    dependencies: [ math, thread, log, ],
+     install: false,
+   )
+