diff --git a/srcpkgs/sopwith/patches/enable_cross_compilation.patch b/srcpkgs/sopwith/patches/enable_cross_compilation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8dff50ad6bd..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/sopwith/patches/enable_cross_compilation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--AC_INIT(src/swmain.c)
-+AC_INIT([sopwith], [1.8.4])
- AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
- 
- VERSION=1.8.4
-@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
- 	;;
- esac
- 
--AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(sopwith,$VERSION)
-+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign])
-+AM_PROG_AR
- 
- AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h:config.hin)
- 
---- a/src/Makefile.am
-+++ b/src/Makefile.am
-@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
- bin_PROGRAMS = @SOPWITH_BINS@
- EXTRA_PROGRAMS = sopwith gtksopwith psopwith
- 
--CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ -I..
-+AM_CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@ @SDL_CFLAGS@ -I..
- 
- COMMON_SRC =       \
- video.h	    swcollsn.c  swgames.h   swmain.h    swutil.h 	\
---- a/src/sdl/Makefile.am
-+++ b/src/sdl/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ @SDL_CFLAGS@ -I..
-+AM_CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@ @SDL_CFLAGS@ -I..
- 
- noinst_LIBRARIES = libsdlsopwith.a
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sopwith/template b/srcpkgs/sopwith/template
index aa160fdbb87..8763a1bd84b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sopwith/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sopwith/template
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'sopwith'
 pkgname=sopwith
-version=1.8.4
-revision=2
+version=2.7.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake SDL-devel"
-makedepends="SDL-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config"
+makedepends="SDL2-devel"
 short_desc="Sidescrolling shoot 'em up game"
-maintainer="beefcurtains <beefcurtains@users.noreply.github.com>"
+maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://sdl-sopwith.sourceforge.net/"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/sdl-sopwith/sdl_sopwith/${version}/sopwith-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a5ecb795a7aeff6be3ebfb99f1c6218054b73048786809f8468a92c952c17bd0
+homepage="https://fragglet.github.io/sdl-sopwith/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/fragglet/sdl-sopwith/archive/sdl-sopwith-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=48e90f1c837fbe8c91f639500c70c69493cb6ec22f7e769b2e27d252c167033e
 
 pre_configure() {
-	mv configure.{in,ac}
 	autoreconf -fi
 }