diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f9165f28497..007ade1d18b 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ libgimpcolor-2.0.so.0 libgimp-2.10.0_1
 libgimpmodule-2.0.so.0 libgimp-2.10.0_1
 libgmic.so.2 gmic-2.1.8_1
 libcgmic.so.2 gmic-2.1.8_1
-libexiv2.so.26 exiv2-0.26_1
+libexiv2.so.27 exiv2-0.27_1
 libKF5Holidays.so.5 kholidays-5.47.0_1
 libPhabricatorHelpers.so.5 purpose-5.48.0_1
 libKF5PurposeWidgets.so.5 purpose-5.48.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/5405d616.patch b/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/5405d616.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 516b9807e74..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/5405d616.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 5405d61623e82896e498c5c8342dd6f42e689115 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: clanmills <robin@clanmills.com>
-Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 09:14:42 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix http://dev.exiv2.org/issues/1305
-
----
- src/pentaxmn.cpp | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/pentaxmn.cpp b/src/pentaxmn.cpp
-index 4fc38be0..b22cb43b 100644
---- src/pentaxmn.cpp
-+++ src/pentaxmn.cpp
-@@ -1167,6 +1167,8 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
- 
-     std::ostream& PentaxMakerNote::printShutterCount(std::ostream& os, const Value& value, const ExifData* metadata)
-     {
-+        if ( ! metadata ) return os << "undefined" ;
-+
-         ExifData::const_iterator dateIt = metadata->findKey(
-                 ExifKey("Exif.PentaxDng.Date"));
-         if (dateIt == metadata->end()) {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/f9d0be42.patch b/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/f9d0be42.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f92c0a1c2c6..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/f9d0be42.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-From 591dea579ae946972fef14bbf799b2d3a12e82d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?M=C4=81ris=20Narti=C5=A1s?= <mn@sungis.lv>
-Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 23:37:40 +0300
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix crash on undefined metadata on some Nikon images.
- Identical to commit:5405d61623e82896e498c5c8342dd6f42e689115
-
----
- src/nikonmn.cpp | 2 ++
- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/nikonmn.cpp b/src/nikonmn.cpp
-index 92047755..8c42e317 100644
---- src/nikonmn.cpp
-+++ src/nikonmn.cpp
-@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
-                                                const Value& value,
-                                                const ExifData* exifData)
-     {
-+        if ( ! exifData ) return os << "undefined" ;
-+
-         if ( value.count() >= 9 ) {
-             ByteOrder bo = getKeyString("Exif.MakerNote.ByteOrder",exifData) == "MM" ? bigEndian : littleEndian;
-             byte      p[4];
diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/musl-mutex-initializer.patch b/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/musl-mutex-initializer.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 29ba671a9cf..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/musl-mutex-initializer.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
---- src/actions.cpp.orig	2017-09-19 11:49:12.000000000 +0000
-+++ src/actions.cpp	2017-09-19 11:49:26.682396655 +0000
-@@ -2049,7 +2049,11 @@
-   /* This is the critical section object (statically allocated). */
-   static pthread_mutex_t cs =  PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
-  #else
--  static pthread_mutex_t cs =  PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;
-+  #if !defined(__GLIBC__)
-+   static pthread_mutex_t cs =  {{{PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE}}};
-+  #else
-+   static pthread_mutex_t cs =  PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP;
-+  #endif
-  #endif
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7baa5ba2b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiv2/patches/musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/src/futils.cpp b/src/futils.cpp
+index a30acd9..24250fa 100644
+--- src/futils.cpp
++++ src/futils.cpp
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
+ #include <stdexcept>
+ 
+ #ifdef EXV_HAVE_STRERROR_R
+-#ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
++#if defined(_GNU_SOURCE) && defined(__GLIBC__)
+ extern char *strerror_r(int errnum, char *buf, size_t n);
+ #else
+ extern int strerror_r(int errnum, char *buf, size_t n);
+@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ namespace Exiv2 {
+         std::ostringstream os;
+ #ifdef EXV_HAVE_STRERROR_R
+         const size_t n = 1024;
+-#ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
++#if defined(_GNU_SOURCE) && defined(__GLIBC__)
+         char *buf = 0;
+         char buf2[n];
+         std::memset(buf2, 0x0, n);
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/exiv2/template b/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
index b71c3faddcc..3b6280c50f5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/exiv2/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'exiv2'
 pkgname=exiv2
-version=0.26
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-configure
-wrksrc=exiv2-trunk
+version=0.27.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="exiv2-${version}-Source"
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DEXIV2_BUILD_SAMPLES=OFF"
 makedepends="zlib-devel expat-devel"
 short_desc="Image metadata manipulation"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="GPL-2"
+maintainer="Rasmus Thomsen <rasmus.thomsen@protonmail.com>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.exiv2.org"
-distfiles="http://www.exiv2.org/builds/exiv2-${version}-trunk.tar.gz"
-checksum=c75e3c4a0811bf700d92c82319373b7a825a2331c12b8b37d41eb58e4f18eafb
-disable_parallel_build=yes
+distfiles="http://www.exiv2.org/builds/exiv2-${version}-Source.tar.gz"
+checksum=ee88bc81539b73c65010651785d094fad0b39760a424b3c16c17e1856cfef2d7
 
 exiv2-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"