diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcompat/patches/ppc-libc_start_main.patch b/srcpkgs/gcompat/patches/ppc-libc_start_main.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 518292745f7..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gcompat/patches/ppc-libc_start_main.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-From d30e49d10cefeb2748373127e1d1aba1184f653d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 15:32:28 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] internal: add a wrapper for __libc_start_main for
- PowerPC(64(le))
-
-This is necessary because the musl and glibc function signatures
-differ significantly.
----
- libgcompat/internal.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/libgcompat/internal.c b/libgcompat/internal.c
-index 450c5e4..53ac429 100644
---- libgcompat/internal.c
-+++ libgcompat/internal.c
-@@ -2,6 +2,47 @@
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
- 
-+#if defined(__powerpc__)
-+
-+/* On PowerPC as well as ppc64, we need to fix up __libc_start_main as the
-+ * glibc and musl versions have wildly different signatures, which would
-+ * result in the arguments to __libc_start_main being completely wrong.
-+ *
-+ * Using dlsym in this context is mildly questionable as this is before
-+ * the full initialization has been done, but there is no better way.
-+ */
-+
-+#include <dlfcn.h>
-+
-+struct startup_info {
-+	void *sda_base;
-+	void *f_main;
-+	void *f_init;
-+	void *f_fini;
-+};
-+
-+typedef int (*start_main_t)(void *mf, int argc, char **argv);
-+
-+/*
-+ * ref: https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/crt/crt1.c?id=90251cf
-+ * ref: https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/tree/src/env/__libc_start_main.c?id=90251cf#n71
-+ * ref: https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/5cb226d/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/libc-start.c#L36
-+ */
-+int __libc_start_main(void *argc, void *argv, void *ev, void *auxv, void *fini,
-+                      struct startup_info *si, long *p)
-+{
-+	(void)argc;
-+	(void)argv;
-+	(void)ev;
-+	(void)auxv;
-+	(void)fini;
-+	/* argc/argv from the stack, main from startup_info */
-+	start_main_t mainf = (start_main_t)dlsym(RTLD_NEXT, "__libc_start_main");
-+	return mainf(si->f_main, *p, (void *)(p + 1));
-+}
-+
-+#endif /* defined(__powerpc__) */
-+
- void GCOMPAT__panic(const char *fmt, ...)
- {
- 	va_list va;
--- 
-2.23.0
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gcompat/template b/srcpkgs/gcompat/template
index 237f97bd5e9..3d3d4e72d72 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gcompat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gcompat/template
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'gcompat'
 pkgname=gcompat
-version=0.4.0
+version=0.9.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="musl-obstack-devel"
 short_desc="Compatibility layer to allow running glibc binaries on musl systems"
-maintainer="Daniel James <djames@orcadian.net>"
+maintainer="Érico Nogueira <ericonr@disroot.org>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="https://code.foxkit.us/adelie/gcompat"
 distfiles="https://distfiles.AdelieLinux.org/source/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9903fac7b70de3ba7736ae2987fa00bbafff7bfcf6a9c88731c292dff19e44e2
+checksum=4555d045d7d2831d11b907719005c5dfbc77642c32f8c0172d40883026ffaf53
 
 build_options="libucontext"
 desc_option_libucontext="Build with ucontext support via libucontext"
@@ -43,10 +45,10 @@ esac
 
 make_build_args="LINKER_PATH=/usr/lib/${_musl} LOADER_NAME=${_glibc}
  LIBGCOMPAT_PATH=/usr/lib/libgcompat.so.0 LOADER_PATH=/usr/lib/${LOADER_NAME}
- WITH_OBSTACK=no"
+ WITH_OBSTACK=musl-obstack"
 make_install_args="LINKER_PATH=/usr/lib/${_musl} LOADER_NAME=${_glibc}
  LIBGCOMPAT_PATH=/usr/lib/libgcompat.so.0 LOADER_PATH=/usr/lib/${LOADER_NAME}
- WITH_OBSTACK=no"
+ WITH_OBSTACK=musl-obstack"
 
 if [ "$build_option_libucontext" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libucontext-devel"