diff --git a/srcpkgs/sydbox/patches/kernel.patch b/srcpkgs/sydbox/patches/kernel.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 36a25afa455..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/sydbox/patches/kernel.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.ac.old	2015-09-19 11:59:18.683048677 +0200
-+++ configure.ac	2015-09-19 12:00:18.407968543 +0200
-@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
- 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for supported kernel])
- 	kernel_version=`uname -r | cut -d'-' -f1`
- 	case "$kernel_version" in
--	3.*|2.6*)
-+	4.*|3.*|2.6*)
- 		AC_MSG_RESULT([$kernel_version])
- 		;;
- 	2.5*)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sydbox/template b/srcpkgs/sydbox/template
index f8cfabfed4a..d0bc2bd2ba0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sydbox/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sydbox/template
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'pinktrace'
 pkgname=sydbox
-version=1.0.2
+version=1.0.3
 revision=1
 wrksrc="$pkgname-1-$version"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-seccomp"
 hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config libtool pinktrace-devel"
 makedepends="pinktrace-devel"
 short_desc="A ptrace() sandbox utility"
@@ -12,8 +11,13 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://dev.exherbo.org/~alip/sydbox/sydbox.html"
 distfiles="http://git.exherbo.org/$pkgname-1.git/snapshot/$pkgname-1-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=904105e086455bd665b72aa0f131209b9075143ab687dbe461a93bd7436f7b19
+checksum=0b12475fff909fc55840dc074013b1e68b5cd0713af8666744f3a6cda0ad4942
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	# no seccomp for arm
+	arm*) ;;
+	*) configure_args+=" --enable-seccomp" ;;
+esac
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sydbox/update b/srcpkgs/sydbox/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee06388661d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sydbox/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site="http://git.exherbo.org/sydbox-1.git/refs/"
+pkgname="sydbox-1"