diff --git a/srcpkgs/synergy/files/synergy.desktop b/srcpkgs/synergy/files/synergy.desktop
deleted file mode 100644
index e7bf87b9ee0..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/synergy/files/synergy.desktop
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-[Desktop Entry]
-Encoding=UTF-8
-Name=Synergy
-Comment=The Synergy GUI is based on QSynergy by Volker Lanz.
-Exec=synergy
-Icon=synergy
-Terminal=false
-Type=Application
-Categories=Utility;DesktopUtility;Qt
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synergy/files/synergy.png b/srcpkgs/synergy/files/synergy.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 5534f0fdf52..00000000000
Binary files a/srcpkgs/synergy/files/synergy.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synergy/patches/cmake.patch b/srcpkgs/synergy/patches/cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66ed48df3da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/synergy/patches/cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt	2020-12-29 14:53:13.000000000 +0100
++++ -	2021-02-17 22:53:35.496937933 +0100
+@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
+     include (CheckIncludeFileCXX)
+     include (CheckSymbolExists)
+     include (CheckCSourceCompiles)
++    include (FindPkgConfig)
+ 
+     check_include_file_cxx (istream HAVE_ISTREAM)
+     check_include_file_cxx (ostream HAVE_OSTREAM)
+@@ -247,6 +248,11 @@
+         if (HAVE_Xi)
+             list (APPEND libs Xi)
+         endif()
++        if (${PKG_CONFIG_FOUND})
++             pkg_check_modules (AVAHI_COMPAT REQUIRED avahi-compat-libdns_sd)
++             include_directories (BEFORE SYSTEM ${AVAHI_COMPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
++             set (CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES};${AVAHI_COMPAT_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
++        endif ()
+ 
+         if (NOT SYNERGY_ENTERPRISE AND SYNERGY_BUILD_LEGACY_GUI)
+             set (DnsSdlib "dns_sd.h")
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synergy/template b/srcpkgs/synergy/template
index 252ea57e6d1..b329e4d5921 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synergy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synergy/template
@@ -1,59 +1,35 @@
 # Template file for 'synergy'
 pkgname=synergy
-version=1.8.8
-revision=7
+version=1.13.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-core-${version}-stable"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="unzip pkg-config"
-makedepends="avahi-compat-libs-devel libcurl-devel
- libSM-devel libXext-devel libXrandr-devel libXtst-devel libXinerama-devel"
+configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTS=OFF -DSYNERGY_BUILD_LEGACY_GUI=ON"
+hostmakedepends="unzip pkg-config qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools"
+makedepends="avahi-compat-libs-devel libcurl-devel avahi-compat-libs-devel
+ libSM-devel libXext-devel libXrandr-devel libXtst-devel libXinerama-devel
+ qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel"
 short_desc="Share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://synergy-foss.org/"
-license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/symless/synergy-core/archive/v${version}-stable.tar.gz"
-checksum=9ee45aabf9f77925bfab6248e713ae5d9e6bfe6bc246e4a0a6304dc6a30f5f14
-
-CXXFLAGS="-pthread"
-
-post_extract() {
-	cd ext
-	unzip gmock-1.6.0.zip -d gmock-1.6.0
-	unzip gtest-1.6.0.zip -d gtest-1.6.0
-}
-
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	makedepends+=" qt5-devel"
-	post_build() {
-		CXXFLAGS+=" $(pkg-config --cflags avahi-compat-libdns_sd)"
-		# qt5 gui
-		cd $wrksrc/src/gui
-		qmake-qt5 QMAKE_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" QMAKE_LFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
-		make ${makejobs}
-	}
-	synergy-gui_package() {
-		depends="desktop-file-utils ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-		pkg_install() {
-			vbin ${wrksrc}/bin/synergy
-			vmove usr/share/pixmaps
-			vmove usr/share/applications
-		}
-	}
-fi
-
-do_install() {
-	vbin bin/synergyc
-	vbin bin/synergys
-	vbin bin/syntool
+checksum=a57989dd2d3ae30657f2b95cba3cae112c189f9bbbc3d1b25b3874859afeb94d
 
+post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/examples/${pkgname}
 	install -m644 doc/synergy.conf.example* \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/examples/${pkgname}
 
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/synergy.png 644 usr/share/pixmaps
-	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/synergy.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
-
 	vsv synergys
 	vsv synergyc
 }
 
+synergy-gui_package() {
+	depends="desktop-file-utils ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/synergy
+		vmove usr/share/icons
+		vmove usr/share/applications
+	}
+}