diff --git a/community/abseil-cpp/0001-external-gtest.patch b/community/abseil-cpp/0001-external-gtest.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 27b41701006..00000000000
--- a/community/abseil-cpp/0001-external-gtest.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-This patch makes it possible to use our system provided gtest
-
-diff -up ./CMakeLists.txt.2 ./CMakeLists.txt
---- ./CMakeLists.txt.2	2021-04-20 12:55:14.000000000 -0400
-+++ ./CMakeLists.txt	2021-05-21 22:26:12.910191071 -0400
-@@ -127,6 +127,22 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
-       set(absl_gtest_src_dir ${ABSL_LOCAL_GOOGLETEST_DIR})
-     endif()
-     include(CMake/Googletest/DownloadGTest.cmake)
-+  else()
-+    # Set up gtest targets
-+    find_library(GTEST_LIB gtest)
-+    add_library(gtest UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-+    set_target_properties(gtest PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_LIB})
-+    find_library(GTEST_MAIN_LIB gtest_main)
-+    add_library(gtest_main UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-+    set_target_properties(gtest_main PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GTEST_MAIN_LIB} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES gtest)
-+    
-+    # Set up gmock targets
-+    find_library(GMOCK_LIB gmock)
-+    add_library(gmock UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-+    set_target_properties(gmock PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GMOCK_LIB} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES gtest)
-+    find_library(GMOCK_MAIN_LIB gmock_main)
-+    add_library(gmock_main UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-+    set_target_properties(gmock_main PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${GMOCK_MAIN_LIB} INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "gmock;Threads::Threads")
-   endif()
- 
-   check_target(gtest)
diff --git a/community/abseil-cpp/0002-abseil.patch b/community/abseil-cpp/0002-abseil.patch
index 2c9b8bbf37d..9272c9e1ec5 100644
--- a/community/abseil-cpp/0002-abseil.patch
+++ b/community/abseil-cpp/0002-abseil.patch
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ An all-in-one patch that fixes several issues:
 
 --- a/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.h
 +++ b/absl/base/internal/unscaledcycleclock.h
-@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
+@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
  
  // The following platforms have an implementation of a hardware counter.
  #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__aarch64__) || \
--  defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || \
-+  ((defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__)) && defined(__GLIBC__)) || \
-   defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64)
+-    defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__) || defined(__riscv) ||     \
++    defined(__riscv) ||     \
++    ((defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__)) && defined(__GLIBC__)) || \
+     defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64)
  #define ABSL_HAVE_UNSCALED_CYCLECLOCK_IMPLEMENTATION 1
  #else
 --- a/absl/debugging/internal/examine_stack.cc
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ An all-in-one patch that fixes several issues:
  #include "absl/base/attributes.h"
  #include "absl/base/internal/raw_logging.h"
  #include "absl/base/macros.h"
-@@ -63,8 +67,10 @@ void* GetProgramCounter(void* vuc) {
+@@ -63,8 +67,10 @@
      return reinterpret_cast<void*>(context->uc_mcontext.pc);
  #elif defined(__powerpc64__)
      return reinterpret_cast<void*>(context->uc_mcontext.gp_regs[32]);
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ An all-in-one patch that fixes several issues:
  #elif defined(__s390__) && !defined(__s390x__)
 --- a/absl/debugging/internal/stacktrace_config.h
 +++ b/absl/debugging/internal/stacktrace_config.h
-@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
+@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
  #define ABSL_STACKTRACE_INL_HEADER \
    "absl/debugging/internal/stacktrace_x86-inl.inc"
diff --git a/community/abseil-cpp/APKBUILD b/community/abseil-cpp/APKBUILD
index 4a8a5c3afc4..de1dd1da168 100644
--- a/community/abseil-cpp/APKBUILD
+++ b/community/abseil-cpp/APKBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Contributor: Bart Ribbers <bribbers@disroot.org>
 # Maintainer: Duncan Bellamy <dunk@denkimushi.com>
 pkgname=abseil-cpp
-pkgver=20210324.2
-pkgrel=3
+pkgver=20211102.0
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Abseil Common Libraries (C++) "
 url="https://abseil.io/"
 arch="all"
@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@ makedepends="
 	"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev"
 source="https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/$pkgver/abseil-cpp-$pkgver.tar.gz
-	0001-external-gtest.patch
 	0002-abseil.patch
 	"
 
-[ "$CARCH" != "x86_64" ] && options="!check" # Multiple tests broken on all arches but x86_64
-
 build() {
 	cmake -B build \
 		-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 \
@@ -28,12 +25,16 @@ build() {
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib \
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
 		-DBUILD_TESTING=ON \
-		-DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON
+		-DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON \
+		-DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON \
+		-DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON
 	cmake --build build
 }
 
+# disable broken tests
 check() {
-	CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=TRUE ctest --test-dir build
+	CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=TRUE ctest --test-dir build -E "absl_str_format_convert_test|absl_mutex_test\
+|absl_notification_test|absl_per_thread_sem_test|absl_sysinfo_test|absl_random_beta_distribution_test"
 }
 
 package() {
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ package() {
 }
 
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