diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ea9bb53a05..ebaf844a55 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ libxmlrpc++.so.8 xmlrpc-c-1.39.07_1
 libxmlrpc_server.so.3 xmlrpc-c-1.25.28_1
 libxmlrpc_packetsocket.so.8 xmlrpc-c-1.39.07_1
 libxmlrpc.so.3 xmlrpc-c-1.25.28_1
-libxmlrpc_util.so.3 xmlrpc-c-1.25.28_1
+libxmlrpc_util.so.4 xmlrpc-c-1.51.06_1
 libxmlrpc_abyss.so.3 xmlrpc-c-1.25.28_1
 libxmlrpc_server_abyss++.so.8 xmlrpc-c-1.39.07_1
 libxmlrpc_cpp.so.8 xmlrpc-c-1.39.07_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template b/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
index 39e0c3b295..eab75c686e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xmlrpc-c/template
@@ -1,32 +1,25 @@
 # Template file for 'xmlrpc-c'
 pkgname=xmlrpc-c
-version=1.39.13
-revision=2
+version=1.51.06
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libxml2-backend --enable-cplusplus --disable-cgi-server
  --disable-libwww-client --disable-wininet-client"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3"
 makedepends="libcurl-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="XML-RPC for C and C++"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=491e44cae3763d285fc2a75fe6574882964f16451adbb7e6f3293916e120fca9
-
-disable_parallel_build=yes
+checksum=06dcd87d9c88374559369ffbe83b3139cf41418c1a2d03f20e08808085f89fd0
 
 pre_configure() {
-	sed 's,XMLRPC_ABYSS_EXPORTED,XMLRPC_DLLEXPORT,g' -i include/xmlrpc-c/abyss.h
-	sed -i configure \
-		-e "s;AR=.*;AR=${AR};" \
-		-e "s;RANLIB=.*;RANLIB=${RANLIB};"
+	export AR RANLIB
 }
-post_configure() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		*-musl) # Enable linux-gnu configuration for shlibs
-			sed -e "s;linux-gnu;linux-musl;g" -i ${wrksrc}/config.mk
-	esac
+
+do_check() {
+	: # tests don't work with --disable-cgi-server
 }
 
 post_install() {