diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/patches/fix-build.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/patches/fix-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c150eb91329..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/patches/fix-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-These changes are cargo-culted from
-
-  https://github.com/tych0/xcffib/commit/7e2650fd21b157402cd26bff129a81a0b5ddc60c
-
---- a/generator/Data/XCB/Python/Parse.hs
-+++ b/generator/Data/XCB/Python/Parse.hs
-@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@
-                -> BitCase
-                -> (Expr (), [GenStructElem Type])
-       mkSwitch cmp (BitCase Nothing bcCmp _ elems) =
--        let cmpVal = xExpressionToPyExpr id bcCmp
-+        let cmpVal = xExpressionToPyExpr id (head bcCmp)
-             equality = BinaryOp (P.BinaryAnd ()) cmp cmpVal ()
-         in (equality, elems)
- 
-       mkSwitch cmp (BitCase (Just _) bcCmp _ elems) =
--        let cmpVal = xExpressionToPyExpr id bcCmp
-+        let cmpVal = xExpressionToPyExpr id (head bcCmp)
-             equality = BinaryOp (P.Equality ()) cmp cmpVal ()
-         in (equality, elems)
- 
-@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
-                -> BitCase
-                -> (Expr (), [GenStructElem Type])
-       mkSwitch cmp (BitCase _ bcCmp _ elems') =
--        let cmpVal = xExpressionToPyExpr accessor bcCmp
-+        let cmpVal = xExpressionToPyExpr accessor (head bcCmp)
-             equality = BinaryOp (P.BinaryAnd ()) cmp cmpVal ()
-         in (equality, elems')
- structElemToPyPack ext m accessor (SField n typ _ _) =
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/template b/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/template
index 47d8c8c5df2..1d4b52eb6e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-xcffib/template
@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-xcffib'
 pkgname=python3-xcffib
-version=1.5.0
-revision=3
+version=1.7.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools pkg-config cabal-install parallel xcb-proto python3-cffi python3-wheel"
-makedepends="python3-devel libffi-devel libxcb-devel python3-six"
-depends="python3-six python3-cffi libxcb"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-cffi"
+depends="python3-cffi libxcb"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest xvfb-run xeyes"
 short_desc="Drop-in replacement for xpyb based on cffi"
 maintainer="Kai Stian Olstad <void@olstad.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/tych0/xcffib"
-distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=3bf9ce88b8a343a12eb1fc72a7b3e6091f8b65e682354510261b0a2cae1b00c5
-nocross="Cannot yet cross compile with Haskell"
-
-pre_build() {
-	cabal v2-update
-	PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/pkgconfig make ${makejobs} xcffib
-}
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/x/xcffib/xcffib-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=33775c1d0461f19255fc54e22ce914e10a13fb65bc7bba0eabafee7f0878cfdb