diff --git a/extra/meson/0002-d-Detect-recent-DMD-compilers.patch b/extra/meson/0002-d-Detect-recent-DMD-compilers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 858aef5ba..000000000
--- a/extra/meson/0002-d-Detect-recent-DMD-compilers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-From 67d5488753911b06b80afd57066e36b4eddec892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-Message-Id: <67d5488753911b06b80afd57066e36b4eddec892.1517146929.git.jan.steffens@gmail.com>
-In-Reply-To: <89d4decc9cdda01590c2a734c0f58924bcf30777.1517146929.git.jan.steffens@gmail.com>
-References: <89d4decc9cdda01590c2a734c0f58924bcf30777.1517146929.git.jan.steffens@gmail.com>
-From: Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net>
-Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 17:57:43 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] d: Detect recent DMD compilers
-
-They now are published by the D Language Foundation, and not Digital
-Mars. Therefore, their signature has changed slightly.
-(We can not check for 'DMD', because that string appears in every
-compiler version output to denote the frontend version used by the
-compiler).
----
- mesonbuild/environment.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
-index 0cb1450e..7fa4732a 100644
---- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
-+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
-@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ class Environment:
-             return compilers.LLVMDCompiler(exelist, version, is_cross)
-         elif 'gdc' in out:
-             return compilers.GnuDCompiler(exelist, version, is_cross)
--        elif 'Digital Mars' in out:
-+        elif 'The D Language Foundation' in out or 'Digital Mars' in out:
-             return compilers.DmdDCompiler(exelist, version, is_cross)
-         raise EnvironmentException('Unknown compiler "' + ' '.join(exelist) + '"')
- 
--- 
-2.16.1
-
diff --git a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
index c5ff19e11..33ef0351d 100644
--- a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 #  - remove checkdepend on dmd
 
 pkgname=meson
-pkgver=0.44.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=0.44.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='High productivity build system'
 url='http://mesonbuild.com/'
 arch=('any')
@@ -22,12 +22,10 @@ checkdepends=('gcc-objc' 'vala' 'rust' 'gcc-fortran' 'mono' 'boost' 'qt4' 'qt5-b
               'qt5-tools' 'libwmf' 'valgrind')
 source=(https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/${pkgver}/meson-${pkgver}.tar.gz{,.asc}
         0001-tests-skip-objc-nsstring-test-if-gnustep-is-not-inst.patch
-        0002-d-Detect-recent-DMD-compilers.patch
         arch-meson)
-sha512sums=('9aefa52d92d7750528e9a9236f19131c8e58bfc21212595c311f4e2787ad40bb53d6085f52283cad13923ddf12da1a59067d48424c72ace47fc127978d1af2ff'
+sha512sums=('1ecccccfa24ec2c5c144f8c13fd95d250b59cb22b79676a2a1a6f9ed30a7b08adb71d5882b2d4421d07689ad6dd6d6aef139ac33f628e55a1d428cbc40b4d93e'
             'SKIP'
             '04a0f113ba5f1ae57591fad3f5ecf812ef88b8809b4ffe063e82f6548e728a1a7bd51c171a948873884c2631fc10a9cd141f56de22cd7cf766cdb74996840eec'
-            'b38af817966e60db19c1efcc5e8e4f1b822925bf823b0a68c33eb0bfd0aa4ccff1439e352d8df032d0a189cd0ff37fb7dcefe0ed7a272e45f963f7e3d0b63f0f'
             'b9f86ded46ad7fc4c4cbd997bd2210e363f02189377d9159cae4a52d0bd8bb9e02de1680bc76f63ecd923922f9cbdba40efbe09231dc24fc1d445ed97c2f5132')
 validpgpkeys=('95181F4EED14FDF4E41B518D3BF4693BFEEB9428') # Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>
 
@@ -36,9 +34,6 @@ prepare() {
 
   # Skip gnustep tests
   patch -Np1 -i ../0001-tests-skip-objc-nsstring-test-if-gnustep-is-not-inst.patch
-
-  # Fix for recent DMD
-  patch -Np1 -i ../0002-d-Detect-recent-DMD-compilers.patch
 }
 
 build() {