diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run b/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run
index 591e977e72..d24ce523bb 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/files/gitea/run
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # We cd here, because builtin SSH won't run without.
-cd /var/lib/gitea
+cd /var/lib/gitea || exit 1
 
 # The USER variable is needed here because gitea doesn't actually
 # check what user its running as, it instead grabs the USER variable
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gitea/template b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
index 2d998594cc..e8843a9f1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gitea/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gitea/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gitea'
 pkgname=gitea
-version=1.15.8
+version=1.16.1
 revision=1
 create_wrksrc=yes
 build_style=go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ go_ldflags=" -X main.Version=${version}"
 #     rather not use SQLite3 for some reason.  It is also potentially
 #     more resiliant to corrupted writes.
 go_build_tags="bindata sqlite pam tidb"
-hostmakedepends="go-bindata git"
+hostmakedepends="go-bindata"
 makedepends="sqlite-devel pam-devel"
 depends="git bash"
 short_desc="Git with a cup of Tea"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitea.io"
 changelog="https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v${version}/gitea-src-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a05745e5c1b5e9b51caa3d96fd93689176689865a0c249aa477d411e5c082045
+checksum=09a27a06bf12cbef06ba823c516c6c9f7a06129e91dd7e64be5f6f0ca641d5b7
 
 system_accounts="_gitea"
 _gitea_homedir="/var/lib/gitea"
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ make_dirs="/var/lib/gitea 0755 _gitea _gitea
  /var/log/gitea 0755 _gitea root"
 conf_files="/etc/gitea.conf"
 
-pre_build() {
-	go mod vendor
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vsv gitea