diff --git a/srcpkgs/acct/patches/acct-6.5.5-no-gets.patch b/srcpkgs/acct/patches/acct-6.5.5-no-gets.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 728d44f77a..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/acct/patches/acct-6.5.5-no-gets.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-hack until acct pulls a newer gnulib version
-
-From 66712c23388e93e5c518ebc8515140fa0c807348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:30:41 -0600
-Subject: [PATCH] stdio: don't assume gets any more
-
-Gnulib intentionally does not have a gets module, and now that C11
-and glibc have dropped it, we should be more proactive about warning
-any user on a platform that still has a declaration of this dangerous
-interface.
-
---- lib/stdio.in.h
-+++ lib/stdio.in.h
-@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
-    so any use of gets warrants an unconditional warning.  Assume it is
-    always declared, since it is required by C89.  */
- #undef gets
--_GL_WARN_ON_USE (gets, "gets is a security hole - use fgets instead");
- 
- #if @GNULIB_FOPEN@
- # if @REPLACE_FOPEN@
diff --git a/srcpkgs/acct/template b/srcpkgs/acct/template
index 7deb1253c6..30fa2caec9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/acct/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/acct/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'acct'
 pkgname=acct
-version=6.5.5
+version=6.6.1
 revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GNU Accounting Utilities"
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/acct/"
 license="GPL-3"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/acct/acct-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=4163c87b9e92a73a65eaeadc6c41caa4626da782ff26d6e7a945edcc140a6fd5
+checksum=554515611ef9299012b7510050868a48fc178ce1544947123ab46ec50230ffcb
 
 post_install() {
 	# The last(1) command is provided by util-linux