diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template b/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
index 43fe2ea23e..222c1ecb78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu-user-static'
 pkgname=qemu-user-static
-version=1.6.1
+version=1.7.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="qemu-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake python"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=fc736f44aa10478223c881310a7e40fc8386547e9cadf7d01ca4685951605294
+checksum=31f333a85f2d14c605a77679904a9668eaeb1b6dc7da53a1665230f46bc21314
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 4292a0ed6b..42734fb36b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
-version=1.6.1
+version=1.7.0
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/libexec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=fc736f44aa10478223c881310a7e40fc8386547e9cadf7d01ca4685951605294
+checksum=31f333a85f2d14c605a77679904a9668eaeb1b6dc7da53a1665230f46bc21314
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python automake libtool flex"
 makedepends="attr-devel libpng-devel>=1.6 libjpeg-turbo-devel pixman-devel
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ makedepends="attr-devel libpng-devel>=1.6 libjpeg-turbo-devel pixman-devel
  libcurl-devel xfsprogs-devel libcap-ng-devel libcap-devel vde2-devel
  libbluetooth-devel libssh2-devel libusbx-devel pulseaudio-devel"
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -e 's,\$(ARFLAGS),rc,' -i dtc/Makefile
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/65-kvm.rules 644 usr/lib/udev/rules.d
 	# qemu-bridge-helper must be setuid for non privileged users.