diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/patches/00-no-help2man.patch b/srcpkgs/light/patches/00-no-help2man.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fbf232cd5d..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/light/patches/00-no-help2man.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2016-05-10 01:34:59.000000000 +0000
-+++ Makefile	2016-12-15 13:22:36.601576649 +0000
-@@ -9,27 +9,21 @@
- HELP2MAN_VERSION := $(shell help2man --version 2>/dev/null)
- 
- all:
--ifndef HELP2MAN_VERSION
--$(error "help2man is not installed")
--endif
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o light src/helpers.c src/light.c src/main.c
- exp:
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E  src/helpers.c src/light.c
- man:
- 	help2man $(MANFLAGS) ./light | gzip - > light.1.gz
- 
--install: all man
-+install: all
- 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
- 	cp -f ./light $(BINDIR)/light
- 	chown root $(BINDIR)/light
- 	chmod 4755 $(BINDIR)/light
--	mkdir -p $(MANDIR)
--	mv light.1.gz $(MANDIR)
- 
- uninstall:
- 	rm $(BINDIR)/light
- 	rm -rf /etc/light
--	rm $(MANDIR)/light.1.gz
- 
- clean:
- 	rm -vfr *~ light light.1.gz
diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/patches/01-fix-pie.patch b/srcpkgs/light/patches/01-fix-pie.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index a85d517a79..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/light/patches/01-fix-pie.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2016-12-15 13:28:15.000000000 +0000
-+++ Makefile	2016-12-15 13:29:23.893597661 +0000
-@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
- MANDIR=$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
- 
- CC=gcc
--CFLAGS=-std=c89 -O2 -pedantic -Wall -I"./include"
-+ORG_CFLAGS=-std=c89 -O2 -pedantic -Wall -I"./include"
- MANFLAGS=-h -h -v -V
- 
- HELP2MAN_VERSION := $(shell help2man --version 2>/dev/null)
- 
- all:
--	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o light src/helpers.c src/light.c src/main.c
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(ORG_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -g -o light src/helpers.c src/light.c src/main.c
- exp:
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E  src/helpers.c src/light.c
- man:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/template b/srcpkgs/light/template
index b151e01ff8..f7c56b0742 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/light/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/light/template
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'light'
 pkgname=light
-version=1.0
+version=1.1.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=1
+make_build_target=man
+hostmakedepends="help2man"
 short_desc="Program to control backlight controllers"
 maintainer="Dennis Kraus <kraus@posteo.de>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://haikarainen.github.io/light/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/haikarainen/light/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=974608ee42ffe85cfd23184306d56d86ec4e6f4b0518bafcb7b3330998b1af64
+distfiles="https://github.com/haikarainen/light/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=291ef234929adb20fe96359724c5ccad36cf396dd110f7001654c21e17800032
 
 do_install() {
-	vbin  light
+	vbin light
+	gzip -d light.1.gz
+	vman light.1
 	chmod 4755 ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/light
 }