diff --git a/srcpkgs/got/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/got/patches/cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 377a34c8c47..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/got/patches/cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- got-portable-0.69/configure.ac.orig
-+++ got-portable-0.69/configure.ac
-@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
- 		[return (reallocarray(NULL, 1, 1) == NULL);]
- 	)],
- 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
-+	[AC_LIBOBJ(reallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])],
- 	[AC_LIBOBJ(reallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
- )
- AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working recallocarray])
-@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@
- 		[return (recallocarray(NULL, 1, 1, 1) == NULL);]
- 	)],
- 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
-+	[AC_LIBOBJ(recallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])],
- 	[AC_LIBOBJ(recallocarray) AC_MSG_RESULT([no])]
- )
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/got/template b/srcpkgs/got/template
index 4c0b09d07b0..1113cca08d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/got/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/got/template
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'got'
 pkgname=got
-version=0.70
+version=0.71
 revision=1
 wrksrc=got-portable-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake byacc pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="byacc pkg-config"
 makedepends="libmd-devel zlib-devel libuuid-devel libbsd-devel ncurses-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="VCS which prioritizes ease of use and simplicity over flexibility"
 maintainer="Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="https://gameoftrees.org"
+changelog="https://gameoftrees.org/releases/CHANGES"
 distfiles="https://gameoftrees.org/releases/portable/got-portable-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum="2e534ed89f794a61543e6d2cb306903ea04f93977ed241004585c6b85e8b074e"
-
-pre_configure() {
-	autoreconf -fi
-}
+checksum="16a61f49e52e189606d8f4236423f912b5cae71b1d505ef1313b4fc3173108f0"
 
 post_install() {
 	sed -n '/Copyright/,/PERFORMANCE/p' got/got.c > LICENSE