diff --git a/srcpkgs/xxHash/patches/fix-dynamic-lib.patch b/srcpkgs/xxHash/patches/fix-dynamic-lib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 14a2882c3cf..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/xxHash/patches/fix-dynamic-lib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile
-+++ Makefile
-@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ libxxhash.a: xxhash.o
- $(LIBXXH): LDFLAGS += -shared -fPIC
- $(LIBXXH): xxhash.c
- 	@echo compiling dynamic library $(LIBVER)
--	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ $(LDFLAGS) $(SONAME_FLAGS) -o $@
-+	@$(CC) $(FLAGS) $^ -shared $(LDFLAGS) $(SONAME_FLAGS) -o $@
- 	@echo creating versioned links
- 	@ln -sf $@ libxxhash.$(SHARED_EXT_MAJOR)
- 	@ln -sf $@ libxxhash.$(SHARED_EXT)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xxHash/template b/srcpkgs/xxHash/template
index 0162859f7b6..89c6b7b6187 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xxHash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xxHash/template
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'xxHash'
 pkgname=xxHash
-version=0.6.5
-revision=2
+version=0.7.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-short_desc="Fast non-cryptographic hashing algorithm"
-maintainer="Evan Deaubl <evan@deaubl.name>"
-license="BSD-2-Clause, GPL-2.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://xxhash.com"
-distfiles="https://github.com/Cyan4973/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>xxhash-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=19030315f4fc1b4b2cdb9d7a317069a109f90e39d1fe4c9159b7aaa39030eb95
+make_use_env=yes
 make_check_target="test"
+short_desc="Fast non-cryptographic hashing algorithm"
+maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
+license="BSD-2-Clause, GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://cyan4973.github.io/xxHash/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/Cyan4973/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>xxhash-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b34792646d5e19964bb7bba24f06cb13aecaac623ab91a54da08aa19d3686d7e
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE