diff --git a/srcpkgs/bash/template b/srcpkgs/bash/template
index b7057db94db..a977c3a7d5c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bash/template
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'bash'
 pkgname=bash
-version=5.2.015
+version=5.2.21
 revision=1
-_bash_distver=${version%.*}
-_bash_patchlevel=${version##*.}
-_patchprefix="bash${_bash_distver/./}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses --without-installed-readline"
 make_build_args="TERMCAP_LIB=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib/libncursesw.a"
@@ -16,32 +13,8 @@ short_desc="GNU Bourne Again Shell"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html"
-distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/bash/bash-${_bash_distver}.tar.gz"
-
-_url="${GNU_SITE}/bash/bash-${_bash_distver}-patches"
-for _p in $(seq -w 001 $_bash_patchlevel); do
-	distfiles+=" ${_url}/${_patchprefix}-${_p}"
-	skip_extraction+=" ${_patchprefix}-${_p}"
-done
-unset _url
-unset _p
-
-checksum="a139c166df7ff4471c5e0733051642ee5556c1cc8a4a78f145583c5c81ab32fb
- f42f2fee923bc2209f406a1892772121c467f44533bedfe00a176139da5d310a
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- 6b4bd92fd0099d1bab436b941875e99e0cb3c320997587182d6267af1844b1e8
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- c7705e029f752507310ecd7270aef437e8043a9959e4d0c6065a82517996c1cd
- 831b5f25bf3e88625f3ab315043be7498907c551f86041fa3b914123d79eb6f4
- 2fb107ce1fb8e93f36997c8b0b2743fc1ca98a454c7cc5a3fcabec533f67d42c
- 094b4fd81bc488a26febba5d799689b64d52a5505b63e8ee854f48d356bc7ce6
- 3ef9246f2906ef1e487a0a3f4c647ae1c289cbd8459caa7db5ce118ef136e624
- ef73905169db67399a728e238a9413e0d689462cb9b72ab17a05dba51221358a"
+distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/bash/bash-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c8e31bdc59b69aaffc5b36509905ba3e5cbb12747091d27b4b977f078560d5b8
 
 make_dirs="/etc/bash/bashrc.d 755 root root"
 conflicts="chroot-bash>=0"
@@ -53,15 +26,6 @@ alternatives="
 
 CFLAGS="-DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS -DSYS_BASHRC='\"/etc/bash/bashrc\"'"
 
-post_patch() {
-	local _p
-	cd ${wrksrc}
-	for _p in $(seq -w 001 ${_bash_patchlevel}); do
-		msg_normal " Applying patch ${_patchprefix}-${_p}.\n"
-		patch -sNp0 -i ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/bash-$version/${_patchprefix}-${_p}
-	done
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
 	ln -s bash ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/rbash