diff --git a/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-canonicalize_file_name.patch b/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-canonicalize_file_name.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ccceb12b1aa..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-canonicalize_file_name.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- libdwfl/dwfl_build_id_find_elf.c	2015-10-12 12:22:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ libdwfl/dwfl_build_id_find_elf.c	2015-11-20 05:13:10.972994172 +0100
-@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
- 	{
- 	  if (*file_name != NULL)
- 	    free (*file_name);
--	  *file_name = canonicalize_file_name (name);
-+	  *file_name = realpath (name, NULL);
- 	  if (*file_name == NULL)
- 	    {
- 	      *file_name = name;
---- libdwfl/find-debuginfo.c	2015-10-12 12:22:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ libdwfl/find-debuginfo.c	2015-11-20 05:18:56.990967176 +0100
-@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
-       /* If FILE_NAME is a symlink, the debug file might be associated
- 	 with the symlink target name instead.  */
- 
--      char *canon = canonicalize_file_name (file_name);
-+      char *canon = realpath (file_name, NULL);
-       if (canon != NULL && strcmp (file_name, canon))
- 	fd = find_debuginfo_in_path (mod, canon,
- 				     debuglink_file, debuglink_crc,
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-qsort_r.patch b/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-qsort_r.patch
index 0f3102dd905..10697d6023a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-qsort_r.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/elfutils/patches/musl-qsort_r.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
---- src/readelf.c	2015-10-12 12:22:58.000000000 +0200
-+++ src/readelf.c	2015-11-20 08:11:32.945159213 +0100
-@@ -4366,10 +4366,11 @@
-   return base;
+--- src/readelf.c
++++ src/readelf.c
+@@ -4773,10 +4773,11 @@ listptr_base (struct listptr *p)
+   return cudie_base (&cu);
  }
  
 +static const char *listptr_name;
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
    struct listptr *p1 = (void *) a;
    struct listptr *p2 = (void *) b;
  
-@@ -4385,21 +4386,21 @@
+@@ -4792,21 +4793,21 @@ compare_listptr (const void *a, const void *b, void *arg)
  	  p1->warned = p2->warned = true;
  	  error (0, 0,
  		 gettext ("%s %#" PRIx64 " used with different address sizes"),
@@ -37,9 +37,18 @@
 -		 name, (uint64_t) p1->offset);
 +		 listptr_name, (uint64_t) p1->offset);
  	}
+       if (p1->attr != p2 ->attr)
+ 	{
+@@ -4814,7 +4815,7 @@ compare_listptr (const void *a, const void *b, void *arg)
+ 	  error (0, 0,
+ 		 gettext ("%s %#" PRIx64
+ 			  " used with different attribute %s and %s"),
+-		 name, (uint64_t) p1->offset, dwarf_attr_name (p2->attr),
++		 listptr_name, (uint64_t) p1->offset, dwarf_attr_name (p2->attr),
+ 		 dwarf_attr_name (p2->attr));
+ 	}
      }
- 
-@@ -4464,9 +4465,11 @@
+@@ -4885,9 +4886,11 @@ notice_listptr (enum section_e section, struct listptr_table *table,
  static void
  sort_listptr (struct listptr_table *table, const char *name)
  {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/elfutils/template b/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
index e48c0950b92..3f4c6e84ebb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/elfutils/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'elfutils'
 pkgname=elfutils
-version=0.170
-revision=2
+version=0.172
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--program-prefix=eu-"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://sourceware.org/elfutils/"
 distfiles="https://sourceware.org/${pkgname}/ftp/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=1f844775576b79bdc9f9c717a50058d08620323c1e935458223a12f249c9e066
+checksum=779c99e6344c4982bbab60b8d276cec3d468151c758905f9a44ba6b6edaa0e24
 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error"