diff --git a/srcpkgs/mednafen/patches/ppc.patch b/srcpkgs/mednafen/patches/ppc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 999bc079adb..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mednafen/patches/ppc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-This fixes arch detection on all ppc as well as some incorrect handling
-of endianness on little endian ppc64.
-
---- configure.ac	2019-01-28 06:52:37.000000000 +0000
-+++ configure.ac	2019-03-24 22:30:31.180000000 +0000
-@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@
-                 AM_CONDITIONAL(ARCH_X86_32, true)
- 		;;
- 
--	powerpc)
-+	powerpc*|ppc*)
- 	        AC_DEFINE([ARCH_POWERPC], [1], [Define if we are compiling for PPC architectures.])
- 	        AM_CONDITIONAL(ARCH_POWERPC, true)
-
---- src/snes/src/lib/nall/detect.hpp
-+++ src/snes/src/lib/nall/detect.hpp
-@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
- 
- /* Endian detection */
- 
--#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64)
-+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
-   #define ARCH_LSB
- #elif defined(__powerpc__) || defined(_M_PPC) || defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__)
-   #define ARCH_MSB
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mednafen/template b/srcpkgs/mednafen/template
index 077c001d24a..1bbd6284f5c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mednafen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mednafen/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'mednafen'
 pkgname=mednafen
-version=1.22.2
-revision=2
+version=1.24.1
+revision=1
 wrksrc="$pkgname"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-libsndfile --enable-alsa $(vopt_enable altivec)
  ac_cv_sizeof_off_t=8"
-hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config libtool gettext-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool gettext-devel"
 makedepends="libsndfile-devel glu-devel SDL2-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Portable, argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://mednafen.github.io/"
 distfiles="https://mednafen.github.io/releases/files/mednafen-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=fad433ac694696d69ea38f6f4be1d0a6c1aa3609ec7f46ce75412be2f2df2f95
+checksum=a47adf3faf4da66920bebb9436e28cbf87ff66324d0bb392033cbb478b675fe7
 nopie=yes
 
 build_options="altivec"
@@ -23,16 +23,3 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc64*) build_options_default="altivec";;
 	*) ;;
 esac
-
-pre_configure() {
-	# otherwise it tries to call aclocal-1.14 which we don't have
-	./autogen.sh
-
-	export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
-	export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
-}
-
-pre_build() {
-	# XXX not sure what's going on with those asserts.
-	sed -i '/assert/d' src/hash/sha{1,256}.cpp
-}