diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtkd/template b/srcpkgs/gtkd/template
index 688d7700d8c..b4e40c4d498 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtkd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtkd/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'gtkd'
 pkgname=gtkd
-version=3.8.4
-revision=3
+version=3.8.5
+revision=1
 wrksrc="GtkD-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-# The compiler used is ldc2 and our LDFLAGS make it fail to compile
-# so we define LDFLAGS to an empty string
-make_build_args="LDFLAGS='' DC=ldc2"
+make_build_args="LDFLAGS='-linker=bfd' DC=ldc2"
 make_build_target="shared-libs shared-gstreamer shared-vte shared-peas shared-gtkdgl"
+make_check_args="$make_build_args"
 make_install_args="prefix=/usr"
 make_install_target="install-shared-gstreamer install-headers-gstreamer
  install-shared-gtkdgl install-headers-gtkdgl install-shared install-headers
@@ -22,16 +21,7 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gtkd.org"
 #changelog="https://gtkd.org/changelog.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5eddf26a999a0783a1518fe897925f8aff27005c7c72e84700668459f2d415c0
-
-pre_configure() {
-	#upstream has forgotten to update the version number...
-	sed 's/3.8.3/3.8.4/' -i GNUmakefile
-}
-
-do_check() {
-	make DC=ldc2 LDFLAGS='' test
-}
+checksum=10b388d4ce00854a29ea9b74ebeb632c03fe9c39daa5dafe8554005ca33c55c8
 
 libpeasd_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - peasd library"