diff --git a/srcpkgs/cgit/template b/srcpkgs/cgit/template
index b991fe6f0ca..44567067685 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cgit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cgit/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 _git_version=2.25.1
 pkgname=cgit
 version=1.2.3
-revision=3
+revision=4
 create_wrksrc=yes
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ post_extract() {
 	mv git-$_git_version git
 	mv cgit-$version/* cgit-$version/.??* .
 	rmdir cgit-$version
+
+	# bug: https://inbox.vuxu.org/cgit/87v8m8pnen.fsf@vuxu.org/
+	vsed -i '/HAVE_LINUX_SENDFILE = YesPlease/d' cgit.mk
 }
 
 do_configure() {