diff --git a/libs/glib2/Makefile b/libs/glib2/Makefile
index cabd69ade..9ec8c9d3c 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/glib2/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=glib2
-PKG_VERSION:=2.55.1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.56.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=glib-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/glib-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/glib/2.55
-PKG_HASH:=0cbb3d31c9d181bbcc97cba3d9dbe3250f75e2da25e5f7c8bf5a993fe54baf6a
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/glib/2.56
+PKG_HASH:=ecef6e17e97b8d9150d0e8a4b3edee1ac37331213b8a2a87a083deea408a0fc7
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
index 19ea0ab26..0b510675a 100644
--- a/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
+++ b/libs/glib2/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/gtk-doc.make
 +++ b/gtk-doc.make
-@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ uninstall-local:
+@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ uninstall-local:
  #
  # Require gtk-doc when making dist
  #
diff --git a/libs/glib2/patches/002-gdate-Suppress-string-format-literal-warning.patch b/libs/glib2/patches/002-gdate-Suppress-string-format-literal-warning.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 01769cb96..000000000
--- a/libs/glib2/patches/002-gdate-Suppress-string-format-literal-warning.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 0817af40e8c74c721c30f6ef482b1f53d12044c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: coypu <coypu@sdf.org>
-Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 00:06:06 +0200
-Subject: gdate: Suppress string format literal warning
-
-Newer versions of GCC emit an error here, but we know it's safe.
-https://bugzilla.gnome.org/761550
----
- glib/gdate.c | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
---- a/glib/gdate.c
-+++ b/glib/gdate.c
-@@ -2497,7 +2497,10 @@ g_date_strftime (gchar       *s,
-        * recognize whether strftime actually failed or just returned "".
-        */
-       tmpbuf[0] = '\1';
-+      #pragma GCC diagnostic push
-+      #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wformat-nonliteral"
-       tmplen = strftime (tmpbuf, tmpbufsize, locale_format, &tm);
-+      #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
- 
-       if (tmplen == 0 && tmpbuf[0] != '\0')
-         {