diff --git a/srcpkgs/fdupes/patches/makefile-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/fdupes/patches/makefile-fix.patch
index f32fe1cf41..58d7cd635c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fdupes/patches/makefile-fix.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/fdupes/patches/makefile-fix.patch
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
---- Makefile.orig
-+++ Makefile
-@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2016-08-21 06:54:46.000000000 +0200
++++ Makefile	2016-10-19 23:07:16.658682733 +0200
+@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@
  # Make Configuration
  #
- CC = gcc
+ CC ?= gcc
 -COMPILER_OPTIONS = -Wall -O -g
 +CFLAGS ?= -Wall -O -g
  
--CFLAGS= $(COMPILER_OPTIONS) -I. -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(EXTERNAL_MD5) $(OMIT_GETOPT_LONG) $(FILEOFFSET_64BIT)
-+CFLAGS += -I. -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(EXTERNAL_MD5) $(OMIT_GETOPT_LONG) $(FILEOFFSET_64BIT)
+-CFLAGS= $(COMPILER_OPTIONS) -I. -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(OMIT_GETOPT_LONG) $(FILEOFFSET_64BIT)
++CFLAGS += -I. -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(OMIT_GETOPT_LONG) $(FILEOFFSET_64BIT)
  
  INSTALL_PROGRAM = $(INSTALL) -c -m 0755
  INSTALL_DATA    = $(INSTALL) -c -m 0644
-@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
- all: fdupes
- 
- fdupes: $(OBJECT_FILES)
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o fdupes $(OBJECT_FILES)
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o fdupes $(OBJECT_FILES)
- 
- installdirs:
- 	test -d $(BIN_DIR) || $(MKDIR) $(BIN_DIR)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fdupes/template b/srcpkgs/fdupes/template
index fe8cce8028..7fe9d72cd3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fdupes/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fdupes/template
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'fdupes'
 pkgname=fdupes
-version=1.51
-revision=6
-distfiles="https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/archive/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=761e16d4ecfef7302c62fe7ef1e181cd34f5c6ce5377dcad96e3ed44fb364986
+# version 1.51 is earlier than 1.6.x but is a higher version.
+# so use "reverts" to make XBPS upgrade happens.
+# More conventional numbering scheme since 1.6.0
+reverts="1.51_6"
+version=1.6.1
+revision=1
+distfiles="https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes/archive/v$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=9d6b6fdb0b8419815b4df3bdfd0aebc135b8276c90bbbe78ebe6af0b88ba49ea
 maintainer="Steven R <dev@styez.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes"
 license="MIT"
-short_desc="Identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories"
-wrksrc="$pkgname-$pkgname-$version"
-
-post_extract() {
-	# can't assign to stdin on musl
-	sed -i 's/stdin = freopen/FILE *tty = freopen/' -i fdupes.c
-	sed -i 's/deletefiles(files, 1, stdin);/deletefiles(files, 1, tty);/' -i fdupes.c
-}
+short_desc="Identify or delete duplicate files within specified directories"
 
 do_build() {
-    make CC="$CC"
+	make CC="$CC"
 }
 
 do_install() {
-    vinstall fdupes 755 usr/bin
-    vinstall fdupes.1 644 usr/share/man/man1
+	vbin fdupes
+	vman fdupes.1
+	vlicense README
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fdupes/update b/srcpkgs/fdupes/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b79877550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fdupes/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# 1.5x earlier than 1.6.x
+ignore="1.5*"