diff --git a/srcpkgs/rc/patches/va_copy.patch b/srcpkgs/rc/patches/va_copy.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 058a4afb95..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rc/patches/va_copy.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
---- print.c
-+++ print.c
-@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ extern int fmtprint(Format *format, const char *fmt,...) {
- 	va_list ap, saveargs;
- 
- 	va_start(ap, fmt);
--	__va_copy(saveargs, format->args);
--	__va_copy(format->args, ap);
-+	va_copy(saveargs, format->args);
-+	va_copy(format->args, ap);
- 	n += printfmt(format, fmt);
- 	va_end(format->args);
--	__va_copy(format->args, saveargs);
-+	va_copy(format->args, saveargs);
- 
- 	return n + format->flushed;
- }
-@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ extern int fprint(int fd, const char *fmt,...) {
- 	format.u.n	= fd;
- 
- 	va_start(ap, fmt);
--	__va_copy(format.args, ap);
-+	va_copy(format.args, ap);
- 	printfmt(&format, fmt);
- 	va_end(format.args);
- 
-@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ extern char *mprint(const char *fmt,...) {
- 
- 	format.u.n = 1;
- 	va_start(ap, fmt);
--	__va_copy(format.args, ap);
-+	va_copy(format.args, ap);
- 	result = memprint(&format, fmt, ealloc(PRINT_ALLOCSIZE), PRINT_ALLOCSIZE);
- 	va_end(format.args);
- 	return result;
-@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ extern char *nprint(const char *fmt,...) {
- 
- 	format.u.n = 0;
- 	va_start(ap, fmt);
--	__va_copy(format.args, ap);
-+	va_copy(format.args, ap);
- 	result = memprint(&format, fmt, nalloc(PRINT_ALLOCSIZE), PRINT_ALLOCSIZE);
- 	va_end(format.args);
- 	return result;
---- proto.h
-+++ proto.h
-@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ typedef long align_t;
- 
- #include <stdarg.h>
- 
--/* C 9x specifies a __va_copy() macro which should be used for copying
-+/* C 9x specifies a va_copy() macro which should be used for copying
- objects of type va_list.  Of course, most places don't have this yet,
- but where it does exist we need to use it. */
--#ifndef __va_copy
--#define __va_copy(x,y) (x)=(y)
-+#ifndef va_copy
-+#define va_copy(x,y) (x)=(y)
- #endif
- 
- #if STDC_HEADERS
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rc/template b/srcpkgs/rc/template
index 670541642b..6d1e6ca933 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rc'
 pkgname=rc
-version=1.7.2
-revision=2
+version=1.7.4
+revision=1
 build_pie=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=no
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ makedepends="$(vopt_if readline readline-devel)
 register_shell="/bin/rc"
 short_desc="An alternative implementation of the plan 9 rc shell"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
-license="custom"
+license="zlib"
 homepage="http://tobold.org/article/rc"
 distfiles="http://static.tobold.org/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=04e762d15cccb3c3191a0f40e5158f176a21707f89cb9e0b04c8085ea7246be5
+checksum=5ed26334dd0c1a616248b15ad7c90ca678ae3066fa02c5ddd0e6936f9af9bfd8
 
 build_options="readline libedit static"
 build_options_default="readline"