diff --git a/package/libsndfile/0001-configure-ac-substitute-EXTERNAL_MPEG_LIBS-in-sndfile-pc.patch b/package/libsndfile/0001-configure-ac-substitute-EXTERNAL_MPEG_LIBS-in-sndfile-pc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 44ed6dc2cb..0000000000
--- a/package/libsndfile/0001-configure-ac-substitute-EXTERNAL_MPEG_LIBS-in-sndfile-pc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From e4fdaeefddd39bae1db27d48ccb7db7733e0c009 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Michael Cho <cho-m@tuta.io>
-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2022 21:31:07 -0700
-Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac: substitute EXTERNAL_MPEG_LIBS in sndfile.pc
-
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/commit/e4fdaeefddd39bae1db27d48ccb7db7733e0c009]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- configure.ac | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 727b67bc0..a4c776d70 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ AC_SUBST(SNDIO_LIBS)
- AC_SUBST(EXTERNAL_XIPH_CFLAGS)
- AC_SUBST(EXTERNAL_XIPH_LIBS)
- AC_SUBST(EXTERNAL_XIPH_REQUIRE)
-+AC_SUBST(EXTERNAL_MPEG_LIBS)
- AC_SUBST(EXTERNAL_MPEG_REQUIRE)
- AC_SUBST(MPG123_CFLAGS)
- AC_SUBST(MPG123_LIBS)
diff --git a/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.hash b/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.hash
index 67d10d03c4..be3ba41dc6 100644
--- a/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.hash
+++ b/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256  0f98e101c0f7c850a71225fb5feaf33b106227b3d331333ddc9bacee190bcf41  libsndfile-1.1.0.tar.xz
+sha256  0e30e7072f83dc84863e2e55f299175c7e04a5902ae79cfb99d4249ee8f6d60a  libsndfile-1.2.0.tar.xz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  ad01ea5cd2755f6048383c8d54c88459cd6fcb17757c5c8892f8c5ea060f6140  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.mk b/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.mk
index 0b57a1fdd8..d8d1725444 100644
--- a/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.mk
+++ b/package/libsndfile/libsndfile.mk
@@ -4,15 +4,13 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBSNDFILE_VERSION = 1.1.0
+LIBSNDFILE_VERSION = 1.2.0
 LIBSNDFILE_SOURCE = libsndfile-$(LIBSNDFILE_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBSNDFILE_SITE = https://github.com/libsndfile/libsndfile/releases/download/$(LIBSNDFILE_VERSION)
 LIBSNDFILE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBSNDFILE_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBSNDFILE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBSNDFILE_CPE_ID_VENDOR = libsndfile_project
-# We're patching configure.ac
-LIBSNDFILE_AUTORECONF = YES
 LIBSNDFILE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 LIBSNDFILE_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_prog_cc_c99='-std=gnu99'