diff --git a/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff b/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff
index 48daba4dcba..f3c5b758728 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff
+++ b/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/06_move_serverauthfile_into_tmp.diff
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ Move startx auth files in /tmp so they are removed on reboot.
 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=357736
 The trap patch didn't seem to work on reboot.
 ---
- startx.cpp |    2 +-
+ startx.in |    2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
 
-Index: xinit/startx.cpp
+Index: xinit/startx.in
 ===================================================================
-diff --git a/startx.cpp b/startx.cpp
-index dfbebe1..63f9ac6 100644
---- a/startx.cpp
-+++ b/startx.cpp
-@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ if [ x"$enable_xauth" = x1 ] ; then
+diff --git a/startx.in b/startx.in
+index 9b224af..cf559bb 100644
+--- a/startx.in
++++ b/startx.in
+@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ if [ "$enable_xauth" = 1 ] ; then
      dummy=0
  
-     XCOMM create a file with auth information for the server. ':0' is a dummy.
--    xserverauthfile=$HOME/.serverauth.$$
-+    xserverauthfile=`mktemp -p /tmp serverauth.XXXXXXXXXX`
+     # create a file with auth information for the server. ':0' is a dummy.
+-    xserverauthfile="$HOME/.serverauth.$$"
++    xserverauthfile="`mktemp -p /tmp serverauth.XXXXXXXXXX`"
      trap "rm -f '$xserverauthfile'" HUP INT QUIT ILL TRAP BUS TERM
      xauth -q -f "$xserverauthfile" << EOF
  add :$dummy . $mcookie
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/fs25361.patch b/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/fs25361.patch
index f2cefb1f151..21abe25d934 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/fs25361.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/xinit/patches/fs25361.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
-diff -u xinit.orig/startx.cpp xinit/startx.cpp
---- xinit.orig/startx.cpp	2011-08-02 18:26:57.161711018 +0400
-+++ xinit/startx.cpp	2011-08-02 19:06:39.348816866 +0400
-@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@
-     XCOMM now add the same credentials to the client authority file
-     XCOMM if '$displayname' already exists do not overwrite it as another
-     XCOMM server may need it. Add them to the '$xserverauthfile' instead.
+diff --git a/startx.in b/startx.in
+index 9b224af..dc0fb33 100644
+--- a/startx.in
++++ b/startx.in
+@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ EOF
+     # now add the same credentials to the client authority file
+     # if '$displayname' already exists do not overwrite it as another
+     # server may need it. Add them to the '$xserverauthfile' instead.
 -    for displayname in $authdisplay $hostname$authdisplay; do
 +    for displayname in $authdisplay $hostname/unix$authdisplay; do
-         authcookie=`XAUTH list "$displayname" @@
--        | sed -n "s/.*$displayname[[:space:]*].*[[:space:]*]//p"` 2>/dev/null;
-+        | sed -n "s/.*$hostname\/unix$authdisplay[[:space:]*].*[[:space:]*]//p"` 2>/dev/null;
+         authcookie=$(xauth list "$displayname" \
+-        | sed -n 's/.*'"$displayname"'[[:space:]*].*[[:space:]*]//p' 2>/dev/null);
++        | sed -n 's/.*'"$hostname\/unix$authdisplay"'[[:space:]*].*[[:space:]*]//p' 2>/dev/null);
          if [ "z${authcookie}" = "z" ] ; then
-             XAUTH -q << EOF 
+             "$xauth" -q << EOF
  add $displayname . $mcookie
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xinit/template b/srcpkgs/xinit/template
index 899cbc7695b..c4c966755f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xinit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xinit/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xinit'
 pkgname=xinit
-version=1.4.2
+version=1.4.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-xinitdir=/etc/X11/xinit"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xinit"
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/app/xinit-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=b7d8dc8d22ef9f15985a10b606ee4f2aad6828befa437359934647e88d331f23
+checksum=40a47c7a164c7f981ce3787b4b37f7e411fb43231dcde543d70094075dacfef9
 
 conf_files="
 	/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc