diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml b/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml
index d18320b5d..4f2650ccf 100644
--- a/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml
+++ b/packages/matplotlib/meta.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package:
   name: matplotlib
-  version: 2.2.2
+  version: 2.2.3
 
 source:
-  url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ec/ed/46b835da53b7ed05bd4c6cae293f13ec26e877d2e490a53a709915a9dcb7/matplotlib-2.2.2.tar.gz
-  md5: dd1e49e041309a7fd4e32be8bf17c3b6
+  url: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/eb/a0/31b6ba00bc4dcbc06f0b80d1ad6119a9cc3081ecb04a00117f6c1ca3a084/matplotlib-2.2.3.tar.gz
+  sha256: 7355bf757ecacd5f0ac9dd9523c8e1a1103faadf8d33c22664178e17533f8ce5
 
   patches:
-    - patches/disable_bz2.patch
-    - patches/dummy_threading.patch
     - patches/font_name_encoding.patch
     - patches/force_malloc_free.patch
     - patches/hardcoded_font_cache.patch
diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/patches/disable_bz2.patch b/packages/matplotlib/patches/disable_bz2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fee9a2676..000000000
--- a/packages/matplotlib/patches/disable_bz2.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur matplotlib-2.2.2/lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py matplotlib-2.2.2/lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py
---- a/lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py	2018-03-05 23:47:09.000000000 -0500
-+++ b/lib/matplotlib/cbook/__init__.py	2018-05-17 09:39:11.514431317 -0400
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
-
- import six
- from six.moves import xrange, zip
--import bz2
-+# import bz2
- import collections
- import contextlib
- import datetime
-@@ -601,10 +601,10 @@
-             # get rid of 'U' in flag for gzipped files.
-             flag = flag.replace('U', '')
-             fh = gzip.open(fname, flag)
--        elif fname.endswith('.bz2'):
--            # get rid of 'U' in flag for bz2 files
--            flag = flag.replace('U', '')
--            fh = bz2.BZ2File(fname, flag)
-+        # elif fname.endswith('.bz2'):
-+        #     # get rid of 'U' in flag for bz2 files
-+        #     flag = flag.replace('U', '')
-+        #     fh = bz2.BZ2File(fname, flag)
-         else:
-             fh = io.open(fname, flag, encoding=encoding)
-         opened = True
diff --git a/packages/matplotlib/patches/dummy_threading.patch b/packages/matplotlib/patches/dummy_threading.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad5669096..000000000
--- a/packages/matplotlib/patches/dummy_threading.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur matplotlib-2.2.2/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py matplotlib-2.2.2/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
---- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py	2018-03-17 14:03:23.000000000 -0400
-+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py	2018-05-17 09:43:34.710665159 -0400
-@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
-
- import six
-
--import threading
-+try:
-+    import threading
-+except ImportError:
-+    import dummy_threading as threading
- import numpy as np
- from collections import OrderedDict
- from math import radians, cos, sin
-diff -ur matplotlib-2.2.2/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py matplotlib-2.2.2/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
---- a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py	2018-03-17 14:03:23.000000000 -0400
-+++ b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py	2018-05-16 16:56:49.399466649 -0400
-@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@
- import json
- import os
- import sys
--from threading import Timer
-+try:
-+    from threading import Timer
-+except ImportError:
-+    from dummy_threading import Timer
- import warnings
- import logging
-