diff --git a/DEPS b/DEPS
index b82be73a42b2d..52cde5a2fb30a 100644
--- a/DEPS
+++ b/DEPS
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ allowed_hosts = [
 ]
 
 deps = {
-  'src': 'https://github.com/flutter/buildroot.git' + '@' + 'aee1094b10465e32972932e23b6799c3f8de244f',
+  'src': 'https://github.com/flutter/buildroot.git' + '@' + 'e522d38d629d7522f0589e754886ed2b82232d9e',
 
    # Fuchsia compatibility
    #
diff --git a/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn b/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn
index ca3d6234f2c5f..6abab7cba017b 100644
--- a/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/txt/BUILD.gn
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ config("allow_posix_names") {
 }
 
 source_set("txt") {
-  defines = []
-  if (flutter_use_fontconfig) {
-    defines += [ "FLUTTER_USE_FONTCONFIG" ]
-  }
-
   sources = [
     "src/skia/paragraph_builder_skia.cc",
     "src/skia/paragraph_builder_skia.h",
@@ -96,8 +91,9 @@ source_set("txt") {
     "//third_party/skia/modules/skparagraph",
   ]
 
+  libs = []
   if (flutter_use_fontconfig) {
-    deps += [ "//third_party/fontconfig" ]
+    libs += [ "fontconfig" ]
   }
 
   if (is_mac || is_ios) {