diff --git a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/patches/fix-1779.patch b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/patches/fix-1779.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 785647b1375..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/patches/fix-1779.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig
-+++ Makefile
-@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
- 
- CC      ?= gcc
- LIBS     = -lm -lxcb -lxcb-keysyms
--CFLAGS  += -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -I$(PREFIX)/include
--CFLAGS  += -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
-+override CFLAGS  += -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -I$(PREFIX)/include
-+override CFLAGS  += -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
- LDFLAGS += -L$(PREFIX)/lib
- 
- PREFIX    ?= /usr/local
-@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
- SRC = $(wildcard *.c)
- OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)
- 
--all: CFLAGS  += -Os
--all: LDFLAGS += -s
- all: $(NAME)
- 
- debug: CFLAGS += -O0 -g -DDEBUG
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template
index 1db5d5af7c8..45259f85b68 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'sxhkd'
 pkgname=sxhkd
-version=0.5.5
-revision=2
+version=0.5.6
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 makedepends="libxcb-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel"
 short_desc="Simple X HotKey Daemon"
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e6699f77564e34a890d27f6c251e1ed29b04f5177e48290e7f02948497f04313
+checksum=72366eea4d7ed17a3a9eab5257e59edf9a7cd63b926af1dca2d895dfefaff995
+
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' Makefile
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE