diff --git a/package/python-matplotlib/0001-Fix-invalid-inclusion-headers.patch b/package/python-matplotlib/0001-Fix-invalid-inclusion-headers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b10bfb326f..0000000000
--- a/package/python-matplotlib/0001-Fix-invalid-inclusion-headers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-From b0232c3cf1051749dd1e2bd0ec7c5c0a3a008d2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Jugurtha BELKALEM <jugurtha.belkalem@smile.fr>
-Date: Thu, 9 May 2019 15:06:36 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix invalid inclusion headers
-
-By default, matplotlib includes headers from host
-machine which breaks the build process.
-
-Signed-off-by: Jugurtha BELKALEM <jugurtha.belkalem@smile.fr>
----
- python-matplotlib-3.0.3/setupext.py | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/setupext.py b/setupext.py
-index fc82d5d..eb978d2 100644
---- a/setupext.py
-+++ b/setupext.py
-@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def get_base_dirs():
-         'gnu0': ['/usr'],
-         'aix5': ['/usr/local'],
-         }
--    return basedir_map.get(sys.platform, ['/usr/local', '/usr'])
-+    return basedir_map.get(sys.platform, [])
- 
- 
- def get_include_dirs():
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/package/python-matplotlib/0002-Merge-pull-request-11983-from-anntzer-builddepchecks.patch b/package/python-matplotlib/0002-Merge-pull-request-11983-from-anntzer-builddepchecks.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b3a22acbb4..0000000000
--- a/package/python-matplotlib/0002-Merge-pull-request-11983-from-anntzer-builddepchecks.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-From 923ce72409f184bd8e8c61b196260891036ba87e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Antony Lee <anntzer.lee@gmail.com>
-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:27:55 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Simplify version checks for freetype and libpng.
-
-Currently, setupext.py replicates a lot of work done by the compiler to
-check whether header files are present, and whether freetype and libpng
-have sufficiently recent versions.
-
-Instead, we can just add a small stub source file at the top of the
-extension sources which just tries to include the header and checks the
-version macros.  If the header is not found, compilation will
-immediately abort with `foo.h: No such file or directory`; if the
-version is too old, we can emit an appropriate error message (`#pragma
-message` is supported by all major compilers and allows expanding of
-macros in the error message).
-
-[Retrieved from:
-https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/commit/d1060a885309ec7ac19ca912d3011a5eb1673bd5]
-Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice@gmail.com>
----
- setupext.py              | 83 +++++-----------------------------------
- src/checkdep_freetype2.c | 13 +++++++
- src/checkdep_libpng.c    |  5 +++
- 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 src/checkdep_freetype2.c
- create mode 100644 src/checkdep_libpng.c
-
-diff --git a/setupext.py b/setupext.py
-index d5f4b81f562..a5163e39288 100644
---- a/setupext.py
-+++ b/setupext.py
-@@ -814,6 +814,13 @@ def add_flags(self, ext, add_sources=True):
-                                for x in agg_sources)
- 
- 
-+# For FreeType2 and libpng, we add a separate checkdep_foo.c source to at the
-+# top of the extension sources.  This file is compiled first and immediately
-+# aborts the compilation either with "foo.h: No such file or directory" if the
-+# header is not found, or an appropriate error message if the header indicates
-+# a too-old version.
-+
-+
- class FreeType(SetupPackage):
-     name = "freetype"
-     pkg_names = {
-@@ -825,59 +832,8 @@ class FreeType(SetupPackage):
-         "windows_url": "http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/freetype.htm"
-         }
- 
--    def check(self):
--        if options.get('local_freetype'):
--            return "Using local version for testing"
--
--        if sys.platform == 'win32':
--            try:
--                check_include_file(get_include_dirs(), 'ft2build.h', 'freetype')
--            except CheckFailed:
--                check_include_file(get_include_dirs(), os.path.join('freetype2', 'ft2build.h'), 'freetype')
--            return 'Using unknown version found on system.'
--
--        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(
--            "freetype-config --ftversion")
--        if status == 0:
--            version = output
--        else:
--            version = None
--
--        # Early versions of freetype grep badly inside freetype-config,
--        # so catch those cases. (tested with 2.5.3).
--        if version is None or 'No such file or directory\ngrep:' in version:
--            version = self.version_from_header()
--
--        # pkg_config returns the libtool version rather than the
--        # freetype version so we need to explicitly pass the version
--        # to _check_for_pkg_config
--        return self._check_for_pkg_config(
--            'freetype2', 'ft2build.h',
--            min_version='2.3', version=version)
--
--    def version_from_header(self):
--        version = 'unknown'
--        ext = self.get_extension()
--        if ext is None:
--            return version
--        # Return the first version found in the include dirs.
--        for include_dir in ext.include_dirs:
--            header_fname = os.path.join(include_dir, 'freetype.h')
--            if os.path.exists(header_fname):
--                major, minor, patch = 0, 0, 0
--                with open(header_fname, 'r') as fh:
--                    for line in fh:
--                        if line.startswith('#define FREETYPE_'):
--                            value = line.rsplit(' ', 1)[1].strip()
--                            if 'MAJOR' in line:
--                                major = value
--                            elif 'MINOR' in line:
--                                minor = value
--                            else:
--                                patch = value
--                return '.'.join([major, minor, patch])
--
-     def add_flags(self, ext):
-+        ext.sources.insert(0, 'src/checkdep_freetype2.c')
-         if options.get('local_freetype'):
-             src_path = os.path.join(
-                 'build', 'freetype-{0}'.format(LOCAL_FREETYPE_VERSION))
-@@ -1058,30 +1014,11 @@ class Png(SetupPackage):
-         "windows_url": "http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/libpng.htm"
-         }
- 
--    def check(self):
--        if sys.platform == 'win32':
--            check_include_file(get_include_dirs(), 'png.h', 'png')
--            return 'Using unknown version found on system.'
--
--        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("libpng-config --version")
--        if status == 0:
--            version = output
--        else:
--            version = None
--
--        try:
--            return self._check_for_pkg_config(
--                'libpng', 'png.h',
--                min_version='1.2', version=version)
--        except CheckFailed as e:
--            if has_include_file(get_include_dirs(), 'png.h'):
--                return str(e) + ' Using unknown version found on system.'
--            raise
--
-     def get_extension(self):
-         sources = [
-+            'src/checkdep_libpng.c',
-             'src/_png.cpp',
--            'src/mplutils.cpp'
-+            'src/mplutils.cpp',
-             ]
-         ext = make_extension('matplotlib._png', sources)
-         pkg_config.setup_extension(
-diff --git a/src/checkdep_freetype2.c b/src/checkdep_freetype2.c
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000000..bf9a8c94e38
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/src/checkdep_freetype2.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
-+#include <ft2build.h>
-+#include FT_FREETYPE_H
-+
-+#define XSTR(x) STR(x)
-+#define STR(x) #x
-+
-+#pragma message("Compiling with FreeType version " \
-+  XSTR(FREETYPE_MAJOR) "." XSTR(FREETYPE_MINOR) "." XSTR(FREETYPE_PATCH) ".")
-+#if FREETYPE_MAJOR << 16 + FREETYPE_MINOR << 8 + FREETYPE_PATCH < 0x020300
-+    #error "FreeType version 2.3 or higher is required." \
-+      "Consider setting the MPLLOCALFREETYPE environment variable to 1."
-+  #error
-+#endif
-diff --git a/src/checkdep_libpng.c b/src/checkdep_libpng.c
-new file mode 100644
-index 00000000000..5ebe5cbe4d7
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/src/checkdep_libpng.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
-+#include <png.h>
-+#pragma message("Compiling with libpng version " PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING ".")
-+#if PNG_LIBPNG_VER < 10200
-+  #error "libpng version 1.2 or higher is required."
-+#endif
diff --git a/package/python-matplotlib/Config.in b/package/python-matplotlib/Config.in
index afc090856f..f38618d709 100644
--- a/package/python-matplotlib/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-matplotlib/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL # python-numpy
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CERTIFI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CYCLER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DATEUTIL # runtime
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_NUMPY # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYPARSING # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_ZLIB # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QHULL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB # runtime
 	help
 	  Matplotlib strives to produce publication quality 2D
diff --git a/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.hash b/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.hash
index ccb22eefa5..81e83ac0de 100644
--- a/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.hash
+++ b/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # sha256 from https://pypi.org/project/matplotlib/#files
-sha256	e1d33589e32f482d0a7d1957bf473d43341115d40d33f578dad44432e47df7b7  matplotlib-3.0.3.tar.gz
+sha256	fc4f526dfdb31c9bd6b8ca06bf9fab663ca12f3ec9cdf4496fb44bc680140318  matplotlib-3.4.3.tar.gz
 # Locally computed sha256 checksums
 sha256	5a1a81ea301728c8bba2933da832c0cd62229daf20893a024ab3d53244468dbc  LICENSE/LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.mk b/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.mk
index 8d00ac8a07..2f55dd5d5d 100644
--- a/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.mk
+++ b/package/python-matplotlib/python-matplotlib.mk
@@ -4,17 +4,23 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_VERSION = 3.0.3
+PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_VERSION = 3.4.3
 PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_SOURCE = matplotlib-$(PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/26/04/8b381d5b166508cc258632b225adbafec49bbe69aa9a4fa1f1b461428313
+PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/21/37/197e68df384ff694f78d687a49ad39f96c67b8d75718bc61503e1676b617
 PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_LICENSE = Python-2.0
 PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE/LICENSE
-PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf freetype host-python-numpy \
-	libpng python-cycler
+PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-pkgconf freetype host-python-numpy \
+	libpng python-cycler host-python-certifi qhull
 PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_QT),y)
 PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_DEPENDENCIES += python-pyqt5
 endif
 
+define PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_COPY_SETUP_CFG
+	cp $(PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_PKGDIR)/setup.cfg $(@D)/setup.cfg
+endef
+PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_PRE_CONFIGURE_HOOKS += PYTHON_MATPLOTLIB_COPY_SETUP_CFG
+
 $(eval $(python-package))
diff --git a/package/python-matplotlib/setup.cfg b/package/python-matplotlib/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bda0d4376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/python-matplotlib/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[libs]
+# Disable LTO to prevent the following error:
+# Relocation R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 against symbol `_ZSt3hexRSt8ios_base'
+# which may bind externally can not be used when making a shared object;
+# recompile with -fPIC
+enable_lto = False
+
+# Freetype and qhull are provided by Buildroot
+system_freetype = True
+system_qhull = True
