diff --git a/srcpkgs/ardour/template b/srcpkgs/ardour/template
index c2f1c13649f..e9176413cd7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ardour/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ardour/template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'ardour'
 pkgname=ardour
 version=6.9
-revision=1
-_commit="945c8f288077565fe3de32c6ac0cb50e286722e4"
+revision=2
 build_style=waf3
 configure_args="--cxx11 --no-phone-home --with-backends=jack,alsa,dummy
  --libjack=weak --optimize --docs --use-external-libs --freedesktop"
-hostmakedepends="git python3 graphviz doxygen pkg-config clang perl
+hostmakedepends="graphviz doxygen pkg-config clang perl
  itstool gettext tar readline-devel"
 makedepends="boost-devel liblrdf-devel liblo-devel lilv-devel suil-devel
  taglib-devel aubio-devel rubberband-devel alsa-lib-devel libsndfile-devel
@@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://ardour.org"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-fpermissive"
+PATH="/usr/libexec/chroot-git:$PATH"
+conf_files="/etc/ardour6/*"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	x86_64*)  configure_args+=" --dist-target=x86_64" ;;
@@ -34,9 +35,12 @@ esac
 # Upstream deletes older release tarballs from their site and
 # GitHub tarballs are empty: https://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=7328
 do_fetch() {
-	git clone https://github.com/Ardour/ardour ${wrksrc}
+	rm -rf ${wrksrc}
+	git clone \
+		--filter=blob:none \
+		https://github.com/Ardour/ardour ${wrksrc}
 	cd ${wrksrc}
-	git checkout ${_commit}
+	git checkout ${version}
 }
 
 post_install() {