diff --git a/srcpkgs/gst-libav/template b/srcpkgs/gst-libav/template
index 715637e6d99..bfb62ea021e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gst-libav/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gst-libav/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gst-libav'
 pkgname=gst-libav
-version=1.16.2
+version=1.18.3
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=meson
@@ -12,18 +12,10 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/src/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=c724f612700c15a933c7356fbeabb0bb9571fb5538f8b1b54d4d2d94188deef2
+checksum=ad20546bcd78ac1e7cf194666d73c4f33efeb62647d2b6af22993b540699e91c
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) # Required by musl for M_SQRT1_2
 		CFLAGS="-D_XOPEN_SOURCE"
 		;;
 esac
-
-post_configure() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		x86_64-musl) # compiling with -O3 triggers a gcc bug
-			sed -i 's/-O3/-O2/g' gst-libs/ext/libav/config.mak
-			;;
-	esac
-}