diff --git a/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/largefile.patch b/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/largefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 68f6f0a6a7d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/balsa/patches/largefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-Make sure that _FILE_OFFSET_BITS is 64 to match gpgme.
-
---- configure.ac.orig	2013-04-24 11:13:23.985145198 +0200
-+++ configure.ac	2013-04-24 11:13:34.536065452 +0200
-@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
- AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
- AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BALSA_VERSION, "AC_PACKAGE_VERSION",[Defines the Balsa version])
- 
-+AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
-+
- dnl #####################################################################
- dnl 2. Options
- dnl #####################################################################
diff --git a/srcpkgs/balsa/template b/srcpkgs/balsa/template
index 97ff137a837..f87c309e142 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/balsa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/balsa/template
@@ -1,27 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'balsa'
 pkgname=balsa
-version=2.5.0
+version=2.5.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--without-nm --without-gtkspell --with-gmime=2.6 --with-ssl
- --with-gpgme=/usr/bin/gpgme-config --with-libsecret --enable-touch-ui
- --enable-pcre"
+configure_args="--without-nm --without-gtkspell --without-gnome --with-ssl
+ --with-libsecret --with-gpgme --with-sqlite --with-html-widget=webkit"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool automake gettext-devel"
 makedepends="iso-codes enchant-devel libnotify-devel libesmtp-devel gtk+3-devel
  gmime-devel webkitgtk-devel openssl-devel gpgme-devel libsecret-devel pcre-devel
- hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
+ sqlite-devel hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 short_desc="An email client for GNOME"
-maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/"
 license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-2.5.0.tar.bz2"
-checksum=67eaddbc33a079a74b65bf5f71ef163573f7d4a6f29ed6dca2ad6811d95519b4
-
-pre_configure() {
-	sed -i 's/if test $with_g_d_u = yes ; then/\
-		AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_SK], [test $with_g_d_u = "yes"])\
-		if test $with_g_d_u = yes ; then/' configure.ac
-	mkdir m4
-	autoreconf -fi
-}
+distfiles="http://pawsa.fedorapeople.org/balsa/balsa-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=52ce445dca86eb42e2e402a5b76616a1a522b89acbb631215079022ef80a7a10