diff --git a/srcpkgs/pax/template b/srcpkgs/pax/template
index 326ddf0429f..0e6310ebaa7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pax/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pax/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'pax'
 pkgname=pax
-version=20190210
+version=20190224
 revision=1
 wrksrc="paxmirabilis-${version}"
 build_wrksrc="${pkgname}"
-hostmakedepends="cpio groff"
+hostmakedepends="cpio"
 short_desc="POSIX archiving utility pax from MirOS (plus tar and cpio)"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 homepage="https://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/cpio/"
 distfiles="https://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/cpio/paxmirabilis-${version}.cpio.gz"
-checksum=24d5565c029e4b3b1d8b76680dd52d08d0adb5bb028188a3989e1358797631c5
+checksum=381713ea1e6e25be83700312b3c0ce2e889edbc39ee09e3a59b9a31b800e0085
 
 alternatives="
  pax:pax:/usr/bin/paxmirabilis
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ do_extract() {
 
 do_build() {
 	TARGET_OS=Linux CC="${CC}" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -DGNU_SOURCE" \
-		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" sh ./Build.sh
+		LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" sh ./Build.sh -r
 }
 
 do_install() {