diff --git a/srcpkgs/smplayer/patches/qt5.5.patch b/srcpkgs/smplayer/patches/qt5.5.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 11bcfca656d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/smplayer/patches/qt5.5.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- src/qtsingleapplication/qtlocalpeer.cpp.orig	2015-08-10 09:29:54.493213017 +0200
-+++ src/qtsingleapplication/qtlocalpeer.cpp	2015-08-10 09:30:14.699440962 +0200
-@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
- #include "qtlocalpeer.h"
- #include <QCoreApplication>
- #include <QTime>
-+#include <QDataStream>
- 
- #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
- #include <QLibrary>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
index b6ca10fa2a3..a1a8ab83c23 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/smplayer/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'smplayer'
 pkgname=smplayer
-version=16.4.0
+version=16.6.0
 revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="zlib-devel qt5-script-devel qt5-tools-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="A complete front-end for mplayer and mpv"
@@ -9,13 +10,10 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=de4169c7e3a1d8bf6f3c9a77fa0a8c24c1f63db3f2b8a325bc6761c0a9d2d2ec
+checksum=10220981f7260ec5f3e7201a5b5b8b534a61056f616811a118d59a8a5696d346
 
-do_build() {
+pre_build() {
+	export QMAKE_OPTS="QMAKE_CXXFLAGS=\"${CXXFLAGS}\" QMAKE_LFLAGS=\"${LDFLAGS}\""
 	sed -i 's:#\(DEFINES += NO_DEBUG_ON_CONSOLE\):\1:' src/smplayer.pro
 	sed -i 's|DOC_PATH=$(PREFIX)/share/doc/packages/smplayer|DOC_PATH=$(PREFIX)/share/doc/smplayer|' Makefile
-	make PREFIX=/usr ${makejobs}
-}
-do_install() {
-	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 }