diff --git a/srcpkgs/time/patches/time-1.7-Recompute-CPU-usage-at-microsecond-level.patch b/srcpkgs/time/patches/time-1.7-Recompute-CPU-usage-at-microsecond-level.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9499be4d120..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/time/patches/time-1.7-Recompute-CPU-usage-at-microsecond-level.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-From 0d743a7d946fe176a07baf2586a6af0e867fd89c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
-Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:19:55 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Recompute CPU usage at microsecond level
-
-If job finishes quickly, miliseconds arithmetic rounds to zero. If
-that happens, recalculate CPU usage ratio with microsecond accuracy
-to raise chance to get non-zero values.
----
- resuse.h |    2 ++
- time.c   |   15 +++++++++++++++
- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/resuse.h b/resuse.h
-index 992143f..7a3ee66 100644
---- resuse.h
-+++ resuse.h
-@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ struct timeval
- #if HAVE_SYS_RUSAGE_H
- /* This rusage structure measures nanoseconds instead of microseconds.  */
- # define TV_MSEC tv_nsec / 1000000
-+# define TV_USEC tv_nsec / 1000
- # include <sys/rusage.h>
- #else
- # define TV_MSEC tv_usec / 1000
-+# define TV_USEC tv_usec
- # if HAVE_WAIT3
- #  include <sys/resource.h>
- # else
-diff --git a/time.c b/time.c
-index 43aec0b..96cfdde 100644
---- time.c
-+++ time.c
-@@ -326,6 +326,8 @@ summarize (fp, fmt, command, resp)
- {
-   unsigned long r;		/* Elapsed real milliseconds.  */
-   unsigned long v;		/* Elapsed virtual (CPU) milliseconds.  */
-+  unsigned long ru;		/* Elapsed real microseconds.  */
-+  unsigned long vu;		/* Elapsed virtual (CPU) microseconds.  */
- 
-   if (verbose)
-   {
-@@ -350,6 +352,17 @@ summarize (fp, fmt, command, resp)
-   v = resp->ru.ru_utime.tv_sec * 1000 + resp->ru.ru_utime.TV_MSEC +
-     resp->ru.ru_stime.tv_sec * 1000 + resp->ru.ru_stime.TV_MSEC;
- 
-+  if (r == 0 && v == 0)
-+    {
-+      ru = resp->elapsed.tv_usec;
-+      vu = resp->ru.ru_utime.TV_USEC + resp->ru.ru_stime.TV_USEC;
-+    }
-+  else
-+    {
-+      ru = 0;
-+      vu = 0;
-+    }
-+
-   while (*fmt)
-     {
-       switch (*fmt)
-@@ -408,6 +421,8 @@ summarize (fp, fmt, command, resp)
- 	      /* % cpu is (total cpu time)/(elapsed time).  */
- 	      if (r > 0)
- 		fprintf (fp, "%lu%%", (v * 100 / r));
-+	      else if (ru > 0)
-+		fprintf (fp, "%lu%%", (vu * 100 / ru));
- 	      else
- 		fprintf (fp, "?%%");
- 	      break;
--- 
-1.7.4.4
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/time/patches/time-1.7-ru_maxrss-is-in-kilobytes-on-Linux.patch b/srcpkgs/time/patches/time-1.7-ru_maxrss-is-in-kilobytes-on-Linux.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 47201493826..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/time/patches/time-1.7-ru_maxrss-is-in-kilobytes-on-Linux.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-From ad24a929bdcc15abae14a64ea21b821bcd8cb030 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Petr=20P=C3=ADsa=C5=99?= <ppisar@redhat.com>
-Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 15:19:11 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] ru_maxrss is in kilobytes on Linux
-
-Since 2.6.32 Linux returns ru_maxrss in kilobytes. Not in pages.
-
-See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2008-12/msg00047.html
-for discussion.
----
- time.c |    4 ++++
- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/time.c b/time.c
-index d15fee4..43aec0b 100644
---- time.c
-+++ time.c
-@@ -395,7 +395,11 @@ summarize (fp, fmt, command, resp)
- 		       ptok ((UL) resp->ru.ru_ixrss) / MSEC_TO_TICKS (v));
- 	      break;
- 	    case 'M':		/* Maximum resident set size.  */
-+#ifdef __linux__
-+	      fprintf (fp, "%ld", resp->ru.ru_maxrss);
-+#else
- 	      fprintf (fp, "%lu", ptok ((UL) resp->ru.ru_maxrss));
-+#endif
- 	      break;
- 	    case 'O':		/* Outputs.  */
- 	      fprintf (fp, "%ld", resp->ru.ru_oublock);
--- 
-1.7.4.4
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/time/template b/srcpkgs/time/template
index e4af8e17746..19c2d7379e7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/time/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/time/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'time'
 pkgname=time
-version=1.7
-revision=7
+version=1.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="The GNU time program for measuring cpu resource usage"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://directory.fsf.org/project/time"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="$GNU_SITE/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=e37ea79a253bf85a85ada2f7c632c14e481a5fd262a362f6f4fd58e68601496d
+checksum=8a2f540155961a35ba9b84aec5e77e3ae36c74cecb4484db455960601b7a2e1b
 
 # Required by wait3(2) with musl
 CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE"