diff --git a/download.lst b/download.lst
index 073994c4f01b..b08db70fdf86 100644
--- a/download.lst
+++ b/download.lst
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ FONT_LUNASIMA_SHA256SUM := 4302809cf4b95b481bec53de87484d919b391c90a518d065f6c77
 # three static lines
 # so that git cherry-pick
 # will not run into conflicts
-FREEHAND_SHA256SUM := 0e422d1564a6dbf22a9af598535425271e583514c0f7ba7d9091676420de34ac
-FREEHAND_TARBALL := libfreehand-0.1.2.tar.xz
+FREEHAND_SHA256SUM := a431d78767e5aa27ade7c6d1b7a11a9f1848cb4b9260bf0a6a44689553ecccfe
+FREEHAND_TARBALL := libfreehand-0.1.3.tar.xz
 # three static lines
 # so that git cherry-pick
 # will not run into conflicts
diff --git a/external/libfreehand/UnpackedTarball_libfreehand.mk b/external/libfreehand/UnpackedTarball_libfreehand.mk
index 641b470e3b25..e089e6a1dcec 100644
--- a/external/libfreehand/UnpackedTarball_libfreehand.mk
+++ b/external/libfreehand/UnpackedTarball_libfreehand.mk
@@ -15,10 +15,4 @@ $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_update_autoconf_configs,libfreehand))
 
 $(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_set_patchlevel,libfreehand,0))
 
-# icu-65-api-macros-with-semicolon.patch.1
-#   See http://site.icu-project.org/download/65  Migration Issues
-$(eval $(call gb_UnpackedTarball_add_patches,libfreehand,\
-    external/libfreehand/icu-65-api-macros-with-semicolon.patch.1 \
-))
-
 # vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
diff --git a/external/libfreehand/icu-65-api-macros-with-semicolon.patch.1 b/external/libfreehand/icu-65-api-macros-with-semicolon.patch.1
deleted file mode 100644
index 20b0af801a3a..000000000000
--- a/external/libfreehand/icu-65-api-macros-with-semicolon.patch.1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur libfreehand.org/src/lib/libfreehand_utils.cpp libfreehand/src/lib/libfreehand_utils.cpp
---- libfreehand.org/src/lib/libfreehand_utils.cpp	2017-09-16 12:28:50.000000000 +0200
-+++ libfreehand/src/lib/libfreehand_utils.cpp	2019-10-28 23:02:38.581354923 +0100
-@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
-   while (j < length)
-   {
-     UChar32 c;
--    U16_NEXT(s, j, length, c)
-+    U16_NEXT(s, j, length, c);
-     unsigned char outbuf[U8_MAX_LENGTH+1];
-     int i = 0;
-     U8_APPEND_UNSAFE(&outbuf[0], i, c);