diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpqxx/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/libpqxx/patches/musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e984b72cff..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libpqxx/patches/musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- src/connection_base.cxx.orig	2017-12-24 23:47:41.000000000 +0100
-+++ src/connection_base.cxx		2018-01-16 09:03:31.639728954 +0100
-@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@
- #if defined(HAVE_UNISTD_H)
- #include <unistd.h>
- #endif
--#if defined(HAVE_SYS_TIME_H)
--#include <sys/time.h>
--#endif
- #endif
-+#include <sys/time.h>
- 
- #include "libpq-fe.h"
- 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template b/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template
index 44b65bf8003..dd86eba55e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpqxx/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libpqxx'
 pkgname=libpqxx
-version=6.0.0
+version=6.1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-shared --disable-documentation"
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ hostmakedepends="python postgresql-libs-devel"
 makedepends="postgresql-libs-devel"
 short_desc="C++ connector for PostgreSQL"
 maintainer="John Regan <john@jrjrtech.com>"
-license="BSD"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://pqxx.org/development/libpqxx"
 distfiles="https://github.com/jtv/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=81cac92458efd799fadb0374107464320d93eba71de05aedf21afb9c8dda7c3a
+checksum=a36899821e4bc354f424c041d43a7f5c0def24d2b7bb3f486d0e6b131520603f
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING