diff --git a/srcpkgs/marco/template b/srcpkgs/marco/template
index 5abb62b91fe..047eb7fd3f3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/marco/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/marco/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'marco'
 pkgname=marco
-version=1.24.2
+version=1.26.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-startup-notification --disable-schemas-compile"
-hostmakedepends="gdk-pixbuf-devel mate-common which zenity autoconf-archive"
+hostmakedepends="gdk-pixbuf-devel zenity pkg-config itstool intltool"
 makedepends="libXt-devel libcanberra-devel libgtop-devel
  libnotify-devel mate-desktop-devel libXpresent-devel"
 depends="zenity"
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ short_desc="Window manager for MATE"
 maintainer="skmpz <dem.procopiou@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://mate-desktop.org"
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mate-desktop/marco/master/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://pub.mate-desktop.org/releases/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=498350cb12fc4d9c7c4a0355102c17b50043fbab258d11ad41b7d698b4f042a7
+checksum=f63c08cd8b07450ab3e33a04605c4f9e69522358884273b3cbcf30275eee5b05
 
-pre_configure() {
-	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
-}
+# pre_configure() {
+# 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
+# }
 
 libmarco_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"