As it turned out, this FTBFS was caused by my own ~/.quiltrc file, which overrode the QUILT_PATCHES variable. Please apply the attached patch to prevent this error in future revisions.

 - Fabian
diff -u freetype-2.4.4/debian/rules freetype-2.4.4/debian/rules
--- freetype-2.4.4/debian/rules
+++ freetype-2.4.4/debian/rules
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 patch: unpack patch-stamp
 patch-stamp:
 	cd $(freetype_u) \
-	    && QUILT_PATCHES=../debian/patches-freetype quilt push -a
+	    && QUILT_PATCHES=../debian/patches-freetype quilt --quiltrc /dev/null push -a
 	cd $(ft2demos_u) \
-	    && QUILT_PATCHES=../debian/patches-ft2demos quilt push -a
+	    && QUILT_PATCHES=../debian/patches-ft2demos quilt --quiltrc /dev/null push -a
 	touch patch-stamp
 
 override_dh_auto_configure: patch

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