diff --git a/srcpkgs/npth/template b/srcpkgs/npth/template
index a1cc9e1d1bd..67cf3b2f085 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/npth/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/npth/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'npth'
 pkgname=npth
-version=1.7
-revision=2
+version=1.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-install-npth-config"
 short_desc="New portable threads library"
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=npth.git"
 distfiles="https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=8589f56937b75ce33b28d312fccbf302b3b71ec3f3945fde6aaa74027914ad05
-
-post_configure() {
-	# don't depend on silly glibc internals
-	vsed -i -e 's/defined(__USE_UNIX98) || defined(__USE_XOPEN2K)/1/' src/npth.h
-}
+checksum=8bd24b4f23a3065d6e5b26e98aba9ce783ea4fd781069c1b35d149694e90ca3e
 
 npth-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"