diff --git a/srcpkgs/hitch/template b/srcpkgs/hitch/template
index 2ccae03e30..805170a687 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hitch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hitch/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'hitch'
 pkgname=hitch
-version=1.5.2
-revision=3
+version=1.7.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="ac_cv_so_reuseport_works=yes ac_cv_so_tfo=yes"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake"
@@ -12,11 +12,9 @@ maintainer="Jannis Christ <hello@jannis.ovh>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://hitch-tls.org/"
 distfiles="https://hitch-tls.org/source/hitch-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b1a4fd64584cd4ff816b8513ee5522db34a4431747057421b6e870f722c6dfda
+checksum=c97ef8f1e115156640c40dfdfe9662d5f6d57a796fccad3bbad198ec797ce5c4
 system_accounts="_hitch"
 
-CFLAGS="-fcommon"
-
 post_patch() {
 	vsed -i -e "s/grep -Pq/grep -q/" -e 's/\\t/\t/' \
 		src/tests/test32-proxy-authority.sh