diff --git a/srcpkgs/libheif/template b/srcpkgs/libheif/template
index 59d6fe2778c..2056a8d8d49 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libheif/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libheif/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'libheif'
 pkgname=libheif
-version=1.14.2
+version=1.16.2
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake autoconf pkg-config libtool"
+build_style=cmake
 makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libde265-devel x265-devel
  libaom-devel"
 short_desc="ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder and encoder"
@@ -12,18 +11,13 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/strukturag/libheif"
 changelog="https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e9c88e75e3b7fad9df32e42d28646752de2679df57efddfb3f63cd25110ce9d9
-
-pre_configure() {
-	./autogen.sh
-}
+checksum=d207f2ff5c86e6af3621c237f186130b985b7a9ff657875944b58ac5d27ba71c
 
 libheif-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} libde265-devel x265-devel libaom-devel"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	}