diff --git a/srcpkgs/npth/template b/srcpkgs/npth/template
index 143d62ce42f..1978e542243 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/npth/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/npth/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'npth'
 pkgname=npth
-version=1.6
+version=1.7
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="New portable threads library"
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=npth.git"
 distfiles="https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=1393abd9adcf0762d34798dc34fdcf4d0d22a8410721e76f1e3afcd1daa4e2d1
+checksum=8589f56937b75ce33b28d312fccbf302b3b71ec3f3945fde6aaa74027914ad05
+
+post_configure() {
+	# don't depend on silly glibc internals
+	vsed -i -e 's/defined(__USE_UNIX98) || defined(__USE_XOPEN2K)/1/' src/npth.h
+}
 
 npth-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
@@ -16,7 +21,7 @@ npth-devel_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove usr/share
-		vmove usr/bin/npth-config
 	}
 }