diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
index f7a98373ac8..1ba8f8a5822 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'libsoup'
 pkgname=libsoup
-version=2.70.0
+version=2.72.0
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
-configure_args="-Dgssapi=disabled -Dntlm=disabled
- -Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir enabled disabled)
- -Dvapi=$(vopt_if vala enabled disabled) -Dtls_check=false"
+configure_args="-Dgssapi=disabled -Dntlm=disabled -Dsysprof=disabled
+ -Dtls_check=false -Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir enabled disabled)
+ -Dvapi=$(vopt_if gir enabled disabled)"
 hostmakedepends="gettext-devel glib-devel pkg-config gettext
- $(vopt_if vala 'vala')"
+ $(vopt_if gir vala)"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel libpsl-devel
- brotli-devel $(vopt_if vala 'vala-devel')"
+ brotli-devel $(vopt_if gir vala-devel)"
 depends="glib-networking"
 short_desc="HTTP library implementation in C"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/libsoup"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GNOME/libsoup/gnome-3-36/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=54b020f74aefa438918d8e53cff62e2b1e59efe2de53e06b19a4b07b1f4d5342
+checksum=170c3f8446b0f65f8e4b93603349172b1085fb8917c181d10962f02bb85f5387
 
 # Package build options
-build_options="gir vala"
-build_options_default="gir vala"
+build_options="gir"
+build_options_default="gir"
+
+# gio tests can't run in chroot
+do_check() {
+	:
+}
 
 libsoup-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} libsoup>=${version}_${revision}"
@@ -31,8 +36,6 @@ libsoup-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig/libsoup-2.4.pc
 		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
 			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0/Soup-2.4.gir
-		fi
-		if [ "$build_option_vala" ]; then
 			vmove usr/share/vala
 		fi
 		vmove usr/include/libsoup-2.4