diff --git a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/files/mozconfig b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/files/mozconfig
index d17fb237e66..6930b2474c1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/files/mozconfig
+++ b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/files/mozconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ac_add_options --enable-safe-browsing
 ac_add_options --enable-startup-notification
 ac_add_options --enable-gio
 
+ac_add_options --disable-gstreamer
 ac_add_options --disable-gnomevfs
 ac_add_options --disable-crashreporter
 ac_add_options --disable-updater
diff --git a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
index 34e39b07c4b..c6010d74fca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thunderbird/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'thunderbird'.
 pkgname=thunderbird
-version=17.0.7
+version=24.0
 revision=1
-wrksrc="comm-esr17"
+wrksrc="comm-esr24"
 short_desc="Standalone Mail/News reader"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/"
 license="MPL-1.1, GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${MOZILLA_SITE}/${pkgname}/releases/${version}/source/${pkgname}-${version}.source.tar.bz2"
-checksum=682707e21c6ef1ee325983e30a05f254cfe31c98692eb632f3d6ca8f4682eece
+checksum=60a1abde987a61c8096e431f13df2ba2cf188a22fdbf1712aaec795b302a5ff5
 
 hostmakedepends="unzip zip perl python yasm pkg-config"
 makedepends="libjpeg-turbo-devel hunspell-devel