diff --git a/extra/libass/build b/extra/libass/build
index 11938895..b5818033 100755
--- a/extra/libass/build
+++ b/extra/libass/build
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
+patch -p1 < no-fribidi.patch
+
+sed -i 's/as_fn_error.*fribidi/: 0 "/'  configure
+sed -i '/pkg_requires="fribidi >= .*/d' configure
+
 ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr \
-    --enable-fontconfig
+    --enable-fontconfig \
+    --disable-harfbuzz
 
 make
 make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/libass/checksums b/extra/libass/checksums
index 6a8bc2da..ef94feee 100644
--- a/extra/libass/checksums
+++ b/extra/libass/checksums
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 881f2382af48aead75b7a0e02e65d88c5ebd369fe46bc77d9270a94aa8fd38a2  libass-0.14.0.tar.xz
+d2fc965cb68a80a0cec563a74fc05bccacbe0cd3e3f987ee2e6a9bac417491ab  no-fribidi.patch
diff --git a/extra/libass/depends b/extra/libass/depends
index 3b0ec96c..a77a4479 100644
--- a/extra/libass/depends
+++ b/extra/libass/depends
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 expat
 fontconfig
 freetype-harfbuzz
-fribidi
 pkgconf make
 yasm    make
diff --git a/extra/libass/patches/no-fribidi.patch b/extra/libass/patches/no-fribidi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e00fcca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libass/patches/no-fribidi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+diff --git a/libass/ass_shaper.c b/libass/ass_shaper.c
+index 657885b..d8c77ff 100644
+--- a/libass/ass_shaper.c
++++ b/libass/ass_shaper.c
+@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ struct ass_shaper {
+
+     // FriBidi log2vis
+     int n_glyphs;
+-    FriBidiChar *event_text;
+-    FriBidiCharType *ctypes;
+-    FriBidiLevel *emblevels;
+     FriBidiStrIndex *cmap;
+     FriBidiParType base_direction;
+
+@@ -80,8 +77,7 @@ struct ass_shaper_font_data {
+  */
+ void ass_shaper_info(ASS_Library *lib)
+ {
+-    ass_msg(lib, MSGL_INFO, "Shaper: FriBidi "
+-            FRIBIDI_VERSION " (SIMPLE)"
++    ass_msg(lib, MSGL_INFO, "Shaper:"
+ #ifdef CONFIG_HARFBUZZ
+             " HarfBuzz-ng %s (COMPLEX)", hb_version_string()
+ #endif
+@@ -95,10 +91,7 @@ void ass_shaper_info(ASS_Library *lib)
+ static bool check_allocations(ASS_Shaper *shaper, size_t new_size)
+ {
+     if (new_size > shaper->n_glyphs) {
+-        if (!ASS_REALLOC_ARRAY(shaper->event_text, new_size) ||
+-            !ASS_REALLOC_ARRAY(shaper->ctypes, new_size) ||
+-            !ASS_REALLOC_ARRAY(shaper->emblevels, new_size) ||
+-            !ASS_REALLOC_ARRAY(shaper->cmap, new_size))
++        if (!ASS_REALLOC_ARRAY(shaper->cmap, new_size))
+             return false;
+         shaper->n_glyphs = new_size;
+     }
+@@ -114,9 +107,6 @@ void ass_shaper_free(ASS_Shaper *shaper)
+     ass_cache_done(shaper->metrics_cache);
+     free(shaper->features);
+ #endif
+-    free(shaper->event_text);
+-    free(shaper->ctypes);
+-    free(shaper->emblevels);
+     free(shaper->cmap);
+     free(shaper);
+ }
+@@ -688,33 +678,6 @@ void ass_shaper_determine_script(ASS_Shaper *shaper, GlyphInfo *glyphs,
+ }
+ #endif
+
+-/**
+- * \brief Shape event text with FriBidi. Does mirroring and simple
+- * Arabic shaping.
+- * \param len number of clusters
+- */
+-static void shape_fribidi(ASS_Shaper *shaper, GlyphInfo *glyphs, size_t len)
+-{
+-    int i;
+-    FriBidiJoiningType *joins = calloc(sizeof(*joins), len);
+-
+-    // shape on codepoint level
+-    fribidi_get_joining_types(shaper->event_text, len, joins);
+-    fribidi_join_arabic(shaper->ctypes, len, shaper->emblevels, joins);
+-    fribidi_shape(FRIBIDI_FLAGS_DEFAULT | FRIBIDI_FLAGS_ARABIC,
+-            shaper->emblevels, len, joins, shaper->event_text);
+-
+-    // update indexes
+-    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+-        GlyphInfo *info = glyphs + i;
+-        FT_Face face = info->font->faces[info->face_index];
+-        info->symbol = shaper->event_text[i];
+-        info->glyph_index = FT_Get_Char_Index(face, ass_font_index_magic(face, shaper->event_text[i]));
+-    }
+-
+-    free(joins);
+-}
+-
+ /**
+  * \brief Toggle kerning for HarfBuzz shaping.
+  * \param shaper shaper instance
+@@ -852,50 +815,7 @@ static void ass_shaper_skip_characters(TextInfo *text_info)
+  */
+ int ass_shaper_shape(ASS_Shaper *shaper, TextInfo *text_info)
+ {
+-    int i, ret, last_break;
+-    FriBidiParType dir;
+-    GlyphInfo *glyphs = text_info->glyphs;
+-
+-    if (!check_allocations(shaper, text_info->length))
+-        return -1;
+-
+-    // Get bidi character types and embedding levels
+-    last_break = 0;
+-    for (i = 0; i < text_info->length; i++) {
+-        shaper->event_text[i] = glyphs[i].symbol;
+-        // embedding levels should be calculated paragraph by paragraph
+-        if (glyphs[i].symbol == '\n' || i == text_info->length - 1) {
+-            dir = shaper->base_direction;
+-            fribidi_get_bidi_types(shaper->event_text + last_break,
+-                    i - last_break + 1, shaper->ctypes + last_break);
+-            ret = fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels(shaper->ctypes + last_break,
+-                    i - last_break + 1, &dir, shaper->emblevels + last_break);
+-            if (ret == 0)
+-                return -1;
+-            last_break = i + 1;
+-        }
+-    }
+-
+-    // add embedding levels to shape runs for final runs
+-    for (i = 0; i < text_info->length; i++) {
+-        glyphs[i].shape_run_id += shaper->emblevels[i];
+-    }
+-
+-#ifdef CONFIG_HARFBUZZ
+-    switch (shaper->shaping_level) {
+-    case ASS_SHAPING_SIMPLE:
+-        shape_fribidi(shaper, glyphs, text_info->length);
+-        ass_shaper_skip_characters(text_info);
+-        break;
+-    case ASS_SHAPING_COMPLEX:
+-        shape_harfbuzz(shaper, glyphs, text_info->length);
+-        break;
+-    }
+-#else
+-        shape_fribidi(shaper, glyphs, text_info->length);
+-        ass_shaper_skip_characters(text_info);
+-#endif
+-
++    check_allocations(shaper, text_info->length);
+     return 0;
+ }
+
+@@ -909,7 +829,6 @@ ASS_Shaper *ass_shaper_new(size_t prealloc)
+     if (!shaper)
+         return NULL;
+
+-    shaper->base_direction = FRIBIDI_PAR_ON;
+     if (!check_allocations(shaper, prealloc))
+         goto error;
+
+@@ -962,19 +881,6 @@ FriBidiStrIndex *ass_shaper_reorder(ASS_Shaper *shaper, TextInfo *text_info)
+     for (i = 0; i < text_info->length; i++)
+         shaper->cmap[i] = i;
+
+-    // Create reorder map line-by-line
+-    for (i = 0; i < text_info->n_lines; i++) {
+-        LineInfo *line = text_info->lines + i;
+-        FriBidiParType dir = FRIBIDI_PAR_ON;
+-
+-        ret = fribidi_reorder_line(0,
+-                shaper->ctypes + line->offset, line->len, 0, dir,
+-                shaper->emblevels + line->offset, NULL,
+-                shaper->cmap + line->offset);
+-        if (ret == 0)
+-            return NULL;
+-    }
+-
+     return shaper->cmap;
+ }
+
+@@ -987,10 +893,5 @@ FriBidiStrIndex *ass_shaper_reorder(ASS_Shaper *shaper, TextInfo *text_info)
+  */
+ FriBidiParType resolve_base_direction(int enc)
+ {
+-    switch (enc) {
+-        case -1:
+-            return FRIBIDI_PAR_ON;
+-        default:
+-            return FRIBIDI_PAR_LTR;
+-    }
++    return 0;
+ }
+diff --git a/libass/ass_shaper.h b/libass/ass_shaper.h
+index f6404fe..69a7ea9 100644
+--- a/libass/ass_shaper.h
++++ b/libass/ass_shaper.h
+@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
+
+ typedef struct ass_shaper ASS_Shaper;
+
+-#include <fribidi.h>
++typedef int FriBidiParType;
++typedef int FriBidiStrIndex;
+ #include "ass_render.h"
+
+ void ass_shaper_info(ASS_Library *lib);
diff --git a/extra/libass/sources b/extra/libass/sources
index 12135230..0fb023f9 100644
--- a/extra/libass/sources
+++ b/extra/libass/sources
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/0.14.0/libass-0.14.0.tar.xz
+patches/no-fribidi.patch