diff --git a/srcpkgs/encfs/patches/fix-musl.patch b/srcpkgs/encfs/patches/fix-musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d2c5940b583..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/encfs/patches/fix-musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- encfs/encfsctl.cpp.orig	2015-08-18 11:01:07.739881320 +0200
-+++ encfs/encfsctl.cpp	2015-08-18 11:02:10.568876617 +0200
-@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
- #include <sys/types.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
-+#include <limits.h>
- #ifdef __FreeBSD__
- #include <libintl.h>
- #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/encfs/template b/srcpkgs/encfs/template
index 0c3137264c3..fd77e37387a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/encfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/encfs/template
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'encfs'
 pkgname=encfs
-version=1.7.4
-revision=11
+version=1.8.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl automake gettext-devel libtool"
 makedepends="fuse-devel libressl-devel librlog-devel boost-devel"
 short_desc="Encrypted filesystem in user-space"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.arg0.net/encfs"
-distfiles="http://encfs.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=282ef0f04f2dd7ba3527b45621fab485b7cc510c2ceee116600d0348dc2170a8
+distfiles="https://github.com/vgough/encfs/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=8a0257ff500c14244ee99acdd472696966796e2a0931e4a132191f14a666d5d1
+# AC_TRY_RUN prevents cross compile
+nocross=yes
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}