diff --git a/srcpkgs/volctl/patches/fix_bugs.patch b/srcpkgs/volctl/patches/fix_bugs.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 848b37fd7a2..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/volctl/patches/fix_bugs.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-These are all already applied upstream as 3 commits. Upstream has not tagged
-a release as of 03-Dec-2016 but these fix usability bugs.
-
-From 40cf595d40ce0c58733abb683b0743af8d0a7498 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Narrat <autumn-wind@web.de>
-Date: Sun, 1 May 2016 11:14:39 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] PyGI deprecations
-
-VScale and VSeparator are deprecated since 3.2
-diff --git a/volctl/tray.py b/volctl/tray.py
-index 45601b8..ea41ce7 100644
---- volctl/tray.py
-+++ volctl/tray.py
-@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def create_sliders(self):
-
-         # separator
-         if len(self.volctl.pa_mgr.pa_sink_inputs) > 0:
--            separator = Gtk.VSeparator()
-+            separator = Gtk.Separator().new(Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL)
-             separator.set_margin_top(6)
-             separator.set_margin_bottom(6)
-             self.grid.attach(separator, x, 0, 1, 2)
-@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def create_sliders(self):
-
-     def add_scale(self, sink):
-         # scale
--        scale = Gtk.VScale()
-+        scale = Gtk.Scale().new(Gtk.Orientation.VERTICAL)
-         scale.set_draw_value(False)
-         scale.set_value_pos(Gtk.PositionType.BOTTOM)
-         scale.set_range(PA_VOLUME_MUTED, PA_VOLUME_NORM)
-
-From d5fdee19de1cf64856c9d8ddf8a46682c6971f2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mirko Dietrich <mirko.dietrich@l4m1.de>
-Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 02:10:57 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Fixed slider window position (closes #7)
-
-diff --git a/volctl/tray.py b/volctl/tray.py
-index ea41ce7..2a8d12e 100644
---- volctl/tray.py
-+++ volctl/tray.py
-@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def __init__(self, volctl):
-
-         self.create_sliders()
-         self.win.show_all()
-+        self.set_position()
-
-     def _find_idx_by_scale(self, scale, scales):
-         for idx, v in scales.iteritems():
-@@ -206,10 +207,13 @@ def _find_sink_input_idx_by_scale(self, scale):
-
-     def set_position(self):
-         a, screen, rect, orient = self.volctl.statusicon.get_geometry()
--        self.win.move(rect.x, rect.y + rect.height)
-+        # hack-ish but works
-+        if rect.y > screen.height() / 2:
-+            self.win.move(rect.x, rect.y - self.win.get_size()[1])
-+        else:
-+            self.win.move(rect.x, rect.y + rect.height)
-
-     def create_sliders(self):
--        self.set_position()
-         x = 0
-
-         # touching pa objects here!
-
-From 4c6a59e572889964c0385d7b1d52e8d772995154 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mirko Dietrich <mirko.dietrich@l4m1.de>
-Date: Tue, 10 May 2016 21:09:24 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] sliders should not grow out of screen (closed #10)
-
-diff --git a/volctl/tray.py b/volctl/tray.py
-index 2a8d12e..e47984b 100644
---- volctl/tray.py
-+++ volctl/tray.py
-@@ -207,11 +207,16 @@ def _find_sink_input_idx_by_scale(self, scale):
-
-     def set_position(self):
-         a, screen, rect, orient = self.volctl.statusicon.get_geometry()
--        # hack-ish but works
-+        win_width, win_height = self.win.get_size()
-+        # slider window should not leave screen boundaries
-+        x = rect.x
-+        if x + win_width > screen.width():
-+            x = screen.width() - win_width
-+        # top or bottom panel?
-         if rect.y > screen.height() / 2:
--            self.win.move(rect.x, rect.y - self.win.get_size()[1])
-+            self.win.move(x, rect.y - win_height)
-         else:
--            self.win.move(rect.x, rect.y + rect.height)
-+            self.win.move(x, rect.y + rect.height)
-
-     def create_sliders(self):
-         x = 0
diff --git a/srcpkgs/volctl/template b/srcpkgs/volctl/template
index ffbdad26800..a8dcd7bdad9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/volctl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/volctl/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'volctl'
 pkgname=volctl
-version=0.4
-revision=3
+version=0.5.1
+revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=python2-module
 pycompile_module="volctl"
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ maintainer="xo <oh@rotce.de>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://buzz.github.io/volctl/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/buzz/volctl/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=31b7079767172c03653af380181272ade50f04f7ca32c69725239ea8116f0640
+checksum=4172f362ef1d428817f2013211a616e9049afede4ae424044f3ae70e04689de7