diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtorrent/patches/fix-sysroot-handling.patch b/srcpkgs/rtorrent/patches/fix-sysroot-handling.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 10b526fe45e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rtorrent/patches/fix-sysroot-handling.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---sysroot should be enough.
-
---- a/scripts/common.m4	2014-02-02 11:58:17.361448885 +0100
-+++ b/scripts/common.m4	2014-02-02 11:59:13.048185911 +0100
-@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([TORRENT_WITH_SYSROOT], [
-       else
-         AC_MSG_RESULT($withval)
-         
--        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -isysroot $withval"
--        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-syslibroot,$withval"
-+        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS --sysroot=$withval"
-       fi
-     ])
- ])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtorrent/patches/no_xmlrpc_c_compile.patch b/srcpkgs/rtorrent/patches/no_xmlrpc_c_compile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a62596a82c7..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rtorrent/patches/no_xmlrpc_c_compile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
---- a/scripts/checks.m4	2015-07-02 00:32:45.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/scripts/checks.m4	2015-07-14 15:39:07.334398349 +0200
-@@ -463,19 +463,9 @@
-       fi
-       
-       if eval $xmlrpc_cc_prg --version 2>/dev/null >/dev/null; then
-+        AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
-         CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS `$xmlrpc_cc_prg --cflags server-util`"
-         LIBS="$LIBS `$xmlrpc_cc_prg server-util --libs`"
--
--        AC_TRY_LINK(
--        [ #include <xmlrpc-c/server.h>
--        ],[ xmlrpc_registry_new(NULL); ],
--        [
--          AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
--        ], [
--          AC_MSG_RESULT(failed)
--          AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not compile XMLRPC-C test.)
--        ])
--
-         AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XMLRPC_C, 1, Support for XMLRPC-C.)
- 
-       else
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtorrent/template b/srcpkgs/rtorrent/template
index f64c7ba7888..0ae1a4538ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rtorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rtorrent/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'rtorrent'
 pkgname=rtorrent
-version=0.9.8
-revision=3
+version=0.15.2
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-xmlrpc-c"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libcppunit-devel libsigc++-devel libtorrent-devel ncurses-devel
  xmlrpc-c-devel"
 short_desc="Ncurses BitTorrent client based on libTorrent"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="crdpa <cris@crdpa.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bc889ce1dde475ec56aa72ae996912ff58723226a4f4256fef4f1f8636d991d4
+checksum=17458249803042fdc21f9792ab670c49080466e3f0e045e1bca46c9f1def7701
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi