diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpio/patches/cpio-2.11-stdio.in.patch b/srcpkgs/cpio/patches/cpio-2.11-stdio.in.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc85860ac32..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cpio/patches/cpio-2.11-stdio.in.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- gnu/stdio.in.h	2010-03-10 10:27:03.000000000 +0100
-+++ gnu/stdio.in.h	2012-06-04 10:23:23.804471185 +0200
-@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (fflush, "fflush is not 
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
-+#if HAVE_RAW_DECL_GETS
- _GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
-+#endif
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cpio/template b/srcpkgs/cpio/template
index 0eacb9284d6..c0ad1a475dd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cpio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cpio/template
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'cpio'
 pkgname=cpio
-version=2.11
-revision=8
+version=2.12
+revision=1
 build_pie=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="gl_cv_func_stat_file_slash=yes gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=yes
- gl_cv_func_unlink_works=yes gl_cv_func_unsetenv_work=yes ac_cv_func_unlinkat=yes
- ac_cv_func_unsetenv=yes gt_cv_func_unsetenv_ret='int' gl_cv_func_setenv_works=yes"
+configure_args="--with-rmt=/usr/bin/rmt"
 short_desc="GNU copy-in/out (cpio) with remote magnetic tape (rmt) support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=bb820bfd96e74fc6ce43104f06fe733178517e7f5d1cdee553773e8eff7d5bbd
-
-post_install() {
-	# Remove rmt that conflicts with the one from tar.
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec
-}
+checksum=70998c5816ace8407c8b101c9ba1ffd3ebbecba1f5031046893307580ec1296e