diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/patches/link-static.patch b/srcpkgs/cargo/patches/link-static.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f38b77ce95..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/patches/link-static.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- a/Cargo.toml	2019-01-02 22:49:06.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/Cargo.toml	2019-02-13 15:12:44.616810828 +0100
-@@ -116,3 +116,5 @@ doc = false
- deny-warnings = []
- vendored-openssl = ["openssl/vendored"]
- pretty-env-logger = ["pretty_env_logger"]
-+
-+all-static = ['curl-sys/static-curl']
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo/template b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
index 5c610b2bcf8..ee450343b12 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'cargo'
 pkgname=cargo
-version=1.70.0
-revision=2
-_cargo_revision=0.71.0
+version=1.71.0
+revision=1
+_cargo_revision=0.72.0
 build_helper=rust
 hostmakedepends="cargo-bootstrap rust python3 curl cmake pkg-config zlib-devel"
 makedepends="rust libcurl-devel openssl-devel"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT, Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://crates.io/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/archive/refs/tags/${_cargo_revision}.tar.gz"
-checksum=43ddf8be33d0f9d2514a75ae0df57ed95c8e99a9869deddf49e6eeee5d56e940
+checksum=c0c15a35852c114859cfe11c5c76ee12105d66d7c90e650af83ac7b8a6a856fc
 replaces="cargo-tree>=0"
 
 build_options="static bindist"