diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/patches/texinfo-4.13a-data_types.patch b/srcpkgs/texinfo/patches/texinfo-4.13a-data_types.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bd25fbcb319..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/patches/texinfo-4.13a-data_types.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- info/window.c_old	2009-08-04 13:46:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ info/window.c	2009-08-04 13:47:29.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ process_node_text (WINDOW *win, char *st
-       const char *carried_over_ptr;
-       size_t carried_over_len, carried_over_count;
-       const char *cur_ptr = mbi_cur_ptr (iter);
--      int cur_len = mb_len (mbi_cur (iter));
-+      size_t cur_len = mb_len (mbi_cur (iter));
-       int replen;
-       int delim = 0;
-       int rc;
-@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ clean_manpage (char *manpage)
-        mbi_advance (iter))
-     {
-       const char *cur_ptr = mbi_cur_ptr (iter);
--      int cur_len = mb_len (mbi_cur (iter));
-+      size_t cur_len = mb_len (mbi_cur (iter));
-
-       if (cur_len == 1)
-	{
-@@ -1852,8 +1852,8 @@ window_scan_line (WINDOW *win, int line,
-        mbi_advance (iter))
-     {
-       const char *cur_ptr = mbi_cur_ptr (iter);
--      int cur_len = mb_len (mbi_cur (iter));
--      int replen;
-+      size_t cur_len = mb_len (mbi_cur (iter));
-+      size_t replen;
-
-       if (cur_ptr >= endp)
-	break;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
index 2a0bc17014c..cfa9b0028a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'texinfo'
 pkgname=texinfo
-version=4.13a
-revision=12
-wrksrc="$pkgname-4.13"
+version=5.2
+revision=1
+hostmakedepends="perl ncurses-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 conflicts="chroot-texinfo>=0"
-depends="gzip"
+depends="gzip perl"
 short_desc="The GNU Documentation System"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=1303e91a1c752b69a32666a407e9fbdd6e936def4b09bc7de30f416301530d68
-
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="ncurses-devel"
-fi
+checksum=6b8ca30e9b6f093b54fe04439e5545e564c63698a806a48065c0bba16994cf74
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure ${configure_args}
 }
-
 do_build() {
         if [ -d tools ]; then
                 make ${makejobs} -C tools/gnulib/lib
@@ -28,7 +23,6 @@ do_build() {
 	fi
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
-
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install