diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/helptags.patch.gz b/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/helptags.patch.gz
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/template b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
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--- a/srcpkgs/neovim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'neovim'
 pkgname=neovim
-version=0.1.4
-revision=2
+version=0.1.5
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DENABLE_JEMALLOC=0"
 hostmakedepends="lua51-lpeg lua51-mpack lua51-BitOp"
-makedepends="libtermkey-devel libuv-devel libvterm-devel LuaJIT-devel msgpack-devel"
+makedepends="libtermkey-devel libuv-devel libvterm-devel msgpack-devel"
 short_desc="Fork of Vim aiming to improve user experience, plugins and GUIs"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0, GPL-2"
 homepage="http://neovim.io"
 distfiles="https://github.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bb7e359eb83db20c5ec5984b470b249372b6dcd813ae2ccf72c01cce560f93e9
+checksum=f286ff7994ef1835272285425d65804063f112c91925fee3ef8865282a6d2b7e
+
+# XXX: neovim needs host bin to generate helptags at build time.
+nocross=yes
 
 alternatives="
  vi:vi:/usr/bin/nvim