diff --git a/srcpkgs/a2ps/patches/CVE-2001-1593.diff b/srcpkgs/a2ps/patches/CVE-2001-1593.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 17b7e7d932e..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/a2ps/patches/CVE-2001-1593.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-Index: b/lib/routines.c
-===================================================================
---- a/lib/routines.c
-+++ b/lib/routines.c
-@@ -242,3 +242,50 @@
-   /* Don't complain if you can't unlink.  Who cares of a tmp file? */
-   unlink (filename);
- }
-+
-+/*
-+ * Securely generate a temp file, and make sure it gets
-+ * deleted upon exit.
-+ */
-+static char **	tempfiles;
-+static unsigned	ntempfiles;
-+
-+static void
-+cleanup_tempfiles()
-+{
-+	while (ntempfiles--)
-+		unlink(tempfiles[ntempfiles]);
-+}
-+
-+char *
-+safe_tempnam(const char *pfx)
-+{
-+	char	*dirname, *filename;
-+	int	fd;
-+
-+	if (!(dirname = getenv("TMPDIR")))
-+		dirname = "/tmp";
-+
-+	tempfiles = (char **) realloc(tempfiles,
-+			(ntempfiles+1) * sizeof(char *));
-+	if (tempfiles == NULL)
-+		return NULL;
-+
-+	filename = malloc(strlen(dirname) + strlen(pfx) + sizeof("/XXXXXX"));
-+	if (!filename)
-+		return NULL;
-+
-+	sprintf(filename, "%s/%sXXXXXX", dirname, pfx);
-+
-+	if ((fd = mkstemp(filename)) < 0) {
-+		free(filename);
-+		return NULL;
-+	}
-+	close(fd);
-+
-+	if (ntempfiles == 0)
-+		atexit(cleanup_tempfiles);
-+	tempfiles[ntempfiles++] = filename;
-+
-+	return filename;
-+}
-Index: b/lib/routines.h
-===================================================================
---- a/lib/routines.h
-+++ b/lib/routines.h
-@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@
- /* If _STR_ is not defined, give it a tempname in _TMPDIR_ */
- #define tempname_ensure(Str)				\
- do {							\
--  (Str) = (Str) ? (Str) : tempnam (NULL, "a2_");	\
-+  (Str) = (Str) ? (Str) : safe_tempnam("a2_");	\
- } while (0)
-+char * safe_tempnam(const char *);
- 
- #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/a2ps/patches/CVE-2014-0466.diff b/srcpkgs/a2ps/patches/CVE-2014-0466.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 85199e35b0f..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/a2ps/patches/CVE-2014-0466.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-Description: CVE-2014-0466: fixps does not invoke gs with -dSAFER
- A malicious PostScript file could delete files with the privileges of
- the invoking user.
-Origin: vendor
-Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/742902
-Author: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
-Last-Update: 2014-03-28
-
---- a/contrib/fixps.in
-+++ b/contrib/fixps.in
-@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
-   	eval "$command" ;;
-       gs)
-         $verbose "$program: making a full rewrite of the file ($gs)." >&2
--  	$gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=- -c save pop -f $file ;;
-+  	$gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=- -c save pop -f $file ;;
-     esac
-   )
- fi
---- a/contrib/fixps.m4
-+++ b/contrib/fixps.m4
-@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
-   	eval "$command" ;;
-       gs)
-         $verbose "$program: making a full rewrite of the file ($gs)." >&2
--  	$gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=- -c save pop -f $file ;;
-+  	$gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pswrite -sOutputFile=- -c save pop -f $file ;;
-     esac
-   )
- fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/a2ps/template b/srcpkgs/a2ps/template
index 9335f38e08e..a259a0a3c6b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/a2ps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/a2ps/template
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'a2ps'
 pkgname=a2ps
-version=4.14
-revision=5
+version=4.15.6
+revision=1
 configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --enable-shared --with-medium=A4"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="perl gperf m4"
-makedepends="ghostscript psutils groff cups"
-depends="$makedepends"
+hostmakedepends="perl gperf m4 pkg-config"
+_deps="ghostscript psutils groff cups"
+makedepends="gc-devel libpaper-devel ${_deps}"
+depends="${_deps}"
 short_desc="Any to PS filter"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f3ae8d3d4564a41b6e2a21f237d2f2b104f48108591e8b83497500182a3ab3a4
+checksum=87ff9d801cb11969181d5b8cf8b65e65e5b24bb0c76a1b825e8098f2906fbdf4
 conf_files="/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg /etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg"
 
 LDFLAGS="-lm"
@@ -21,20 +22,3 @@ pre_configure() {
 	sed -i "s/GPERF --version |/& head -n 1 |/" ./configure
 	sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" ./configure
 }
-
-liba2ps-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="liba2ps>=${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-	}
-}
-
-liba2ps_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - library files"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so.*"
-	}
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liba2ps b/srcpkgs/liba2ps
deleted file mode 120000
index 187049b9aca..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/liba2ps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a2ps
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/liba2ps-devel b/srcpkgs/liba2ps-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 187049b9aca..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/liba2ps-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-a2ps
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
index e2bf28e8cb2..dbd2aeadd83 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/removed-packages/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'removed-packages'
 pkgname=removed-packages
-version=0.1.20240729
+version=0.1.20240807
 revision=1
 build_style=meta
 short_desc="Uninstalls packages removed from repository"
@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ replaces="
  libXevie<=1.0.3_8
  libXfontcache<=1.0.5_2
  libXxf86misc<=1.0.4_1
+ liba2ps-devel<=4.14_5
+ liba2ps<=4.14.5
  libantimicrox-devel<=3.1.3_1
  libantimicrox<=3.1.3_1
  libapp<=20140527_2