diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/patches/ipv6calc-db-update-download-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/patches/ipv6calc-db-update-download-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b9d5ded86b7..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/patches/ipv6calc-db-update-download-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-  Fix for https://github.com/pbiering/ipv6calc/issues/25
-
---- a/tools/ipv6calc-db-update.sh.in~	2021-05-18 20:42:27.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/tools/ipv6calc-db-update.sh.in	2021-05-21 09:30:39.913996788 +0200
-@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
- END
- }
- 
--skip_download=true
-+skip_download=false
- update=false
- while getopts "D:ush\?" opt; do
- 	case $opt in
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/template b/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/template
index fdeb909b06e..aed1a3e8047 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ipv6calc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ipv6calc'
 pkgname=ipv6calc
-version=3.1.0
+version=4.0.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-geoip --enable-mmdb --enable-external"
@@ -10,5 +10,10 @@ short_desc="Small utility to manipulate IPv6 addresses"
 maintainer="Lon Willett <xgit@lonw.net>"
 license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://www.deepspace6.net/projects/ipv6calc.html"
+changelog="https://github.com/pbiering/ipv6calc/raw/master/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/pbiering/ipv6calc/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=db690da55a31db063f87af7731cf5c913d8622057fc6c9f66f879725b1540496
+checksum=0de7dbe66c0e3602becc18bb8f69a278a02eeaf5d58779cd1c0e0069eb80a7e6
+
+# tries to execute ldconfig to find the libdb version, breaking musl/cross
+# builds and only uses the result for static linking anyways.
+configure_args+=" ac_cv_file__sbin_ldconfig=no"