diff --git a/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc/0001-meson.build-dont-build-subprojects.patch b/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc/0001-meson.build-dont-build-subprojects.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b88db5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc/0001-meson.build-dont-build-subprojects.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 92e876d5f678228971512045144b0e8b572b9953 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
+Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:23:23 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] meson.build: dont build subprojects
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+
+Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
+---
+ meson.build | 9 ++-------
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 77b8971..e5b0908 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -40,13 +40,7 @@ wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.15')
+ wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server')
+ xkbcommon      = dependency('xkbcommon')
+ math           = cc.find_library('m')
+-gmobile        = subproject('gmobile',
+-                   default_options: [
+-                   'examples=false',
+-                   'gtk_doc=false',
+-                   'tests=false',
+-                 ])
+-gmobile_dep    = gmobile.get_variable('gmobile_dep')
++gmobile_dep    = dependency('gmobile', version: '>= 0.0.3')
+ 
+ embed_wlroots = get_option('embed-wlroots')
+ 
+@@ -66,7 +60,7 @@ endif
+ if not embed_wlroots.disabled() and wlroots_proj.found()
+         wlroots = wlroots_proj.get_variable('wlroots')
+ else
+-        wlroots = dependency('wlroots', version: '>= 0.16.0')
++        wlroots = dependency('wlroots', version: '>= 0.16.2')
+ endif
+ wlroots_has_xwayland = wlroots.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'have_xwayland',
+                                             internal: 'have_xwayland') == 'true'
+
+-- 
+2.41.0
+
diff --git a/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc_git.bb b/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc_git.bb
index 929228e..bd43fb8 100644
--- a/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-wlroots/phoc/phoc_git.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "wayland"
 
 DEPENDS += " \
+	gi-docgen-native \
 	glib-2.0 \
 	gmobile \
 	gnome-desktop \
@@ -19,25 +20,19 @@ DEPENDS += " \
 	wayland \
 	wayland-native \
 	wayland-protocols \
-"
-#needed to build wlroots as a subproject
-DEPENDS += " \
-	ffmpeg \
-	git-native \
-	libdrm \
-	libcap \
-	virtual/libgbm \
-	virtual/libgles2 \
-	libpng \
+	wlroots-0.16 \
 "
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "mutter"
 
-SRC_URI = "gitsm://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc.git;protocol=https;nobranch=1"
+SRC_URI = " \
+	git://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc.git;protocol=https;nobranch=1 \
+	file://0001-meson.build-dont-build-subprojects.patch \
+"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
-PV = "0.28.0"
-SRCREV = "ec5e24da547e60ee76df8166e27ea77db5865da5"
+PV = "0.30.0"
+SRCREV = "0b14b8837a37977b3252ce957802469491f58ee2"
 
 inherit features_check gsettings meson pkgconfig
 
@@ -51,7 +46,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ?= " \
 	${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', d)} \
 "
 
-EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dembed-wlroots=enabled --buildtype=release"
+EXTRA_OEMESON += "-Dembed-wlroots=disabled --buildtype=release"
 
 FILES:${PN} += "${datadir}"