diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch b/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch
index c32bcdd0925..e3b8e555b9f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/patches/use-system-jemalloc.patch
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 -	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -I../deps/jemalloc/include
 -	FINAL_LIBS := ../deps/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a $(FINAL_LIBS)
 +	FINAL_CFLAGS+= -DUSE_JEMALLOC -DJEMALLOC_NO_DEMANGLE
-+	FINAL_LIBS+= -ljemalloc -ldl
++	FINAL_LIBS+= -ljemalloc
  endif
  
  REDIS_CC=$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(FINAL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/template b/srcpkgs/redis/template
index 110484cdb52..0cd5302a434 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/template
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'redis'
 pkgname=redis
-version=7.0.5
+version=7.0.8
 revision=1
-makedepends="jemalloc-devel libatomic-devel"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="V=1"
+make_check_target="test"
 checkdepends="pkg-config procps-ng tcl-devel which"
 short_desc="Advanced key-value store"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://redis.io"
-changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/antirez/redis/${version%.*}/00-RELEASENOTES"
-distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=67054cc37b58c125df93bd78000261ec0ef4436a26b40f38262c780e56315cc3
+changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/redis/redis/${version%.*}/00-RELEASENOTES"
+distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/redis-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=06a339e491306783dcf55b97f15a5dbcbdc01ccbde6dc23027c475cab735e914
 
 system_accounts="redis"
 redis_homedir="/var/lib/redis"
@@ -18,24 +20,26 @@ conf_files="/etc/redis/redis.conf"
 
 make_dirs="/var/lib/redis 0700 redis redis"
 
-do_configure() {
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	make_build_args+=" MALLOC=libc"
+else
+	makedepends+=" jemalloc-devel"
+	make_build_args+=" MALLOC=jemalloc"
+fi
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
+
+post_patch() {
 	vsed -i \
 		-e "s|^# bind 127.0.0.1|bind 127.0.0.1|" \
 		-e "s|^dir .*|dir ${redis_homedir}|" \
 		-e "s|^pidfile .*|pidfile /run/redis/redis.pid|" redis.conf
-	vsed -i -e "s|^FINAL_LIBS=.*|& -latomic|" src/Makefile
-}
 
-do_build() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		*-musl) _malloc="none";;
-		*) _malloc="jemalloc";;
-	esac
-	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" V=1 MALLOC=${_malloc} ${makejobs}
-}
-
-do_check() {
-	make test
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+		vsed -i -e "s|^FINAL_LIBS=.*|& -latomic|" src/Makefile
+	fi
 }
 
 do_install() {