diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/patches/001-fix-bug-with-long-options.patch b/srcpkgs/file/patches/001-fix-bug-with-long-options.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 05ead92c2c8..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/file/patches/001-fix-bug-with-long-options.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-From 21f9d5f0e0340ada998f7f9d316368c7167a4afa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:52:32 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug with long options and explicitly number them to avoid
- this in the future.
-
----
- src/file.c      | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
- src/file_opts.h | 10 +++++-----
- 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git src/file.c src/file.c
-index f60dde0..c700f66 100644
---- src/file.c
-+++ src/file.c
-@@ -89,10 +89,15 @@ private int 		/* Global command-line options 		*/
- 
- private const char *separator = ":";	/* Default field separator	*/
- private const struct option long_options[] = {
-+#define OPT_HELP		1
-+#define OPT_APPLE		2
-+#define OPT_EXTENSIONS		3
-+#define OPT_MIME_TYPE		4
-+#define OPT_MIME_ENCODING	5
- #define OPT(shortname, longname, opt, doc)      \
-     {longname, opt, NULL, shortname},
--#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc)        \
--    {longname, opt, NULL, 0},
-+#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc, id)        \
-+    {longname, opt, NULL, id},
- #include "file_opts.h"
- #undef OPT
- #undef OPT_LONGONLY
-@@ -182,24 +187,20 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, OPTSTRING, long_options,
- 	    &longindex)) != -1)
- 		switch (c) {
--		case 0 :
--			switch (longindex) {
--			case 0:
--				help();
--				break;
--			case 10:
--				flags |= MAGIC_APPLE;
--				break;
--			case 11:
--				flags |= MAGIC_EXTENSION;
--				break;
--			case 12:
--				flags |= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE;
--				break;
--			case 13:
--				flags |= MAGIC_MIME_ENCODING;
--				break;
--			}
-+		case OPT_HELP:
-+			help();
-+			break;
-+		case OPT_APPLE:
-+			flags |= MAGIC_APPLE;
-+			break;
-+		case OPT_EXTENSIONS:
-+			flags |= MAGIC_EXTENSION;
-+			break;
-+		case OPT_MIME_TYPE:
-+			flags |= MAGIC_MIME_TYPE;
-+			break;
-+		case OPT_MIME_ENCODING:
-+			flags |= MAGIC_MIME_ENCODING;
- 			break;
- 		case '0':
- 			nulsep = 1;
-@@ -595,7 +596,7 @@ help(void)
- #define OPT(shortname, longname, opt, doc)      \
- 	fprintf(stdout, "  -%c, --" longname, shortname), \
- 	docprint(doc);
--#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc)        \
-+#define OPT_LONGONLY(longname, opt, doc, id)        \
- 	fprintf(stdout, "      --" longname),	\
- 	docprint(doc);
- #include "file_opts.h"
-diff --git src/file_opts.h src/file_opts.h
-index 036505f..2e30d06 100644
---- src/file_opts.h
-+++ src/file_opts.h
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
-  * switch statement!
-  */
- 
--OPT_LONGONLY("help", 0, "                 display this help and exit\n")
-+OPT_LONGONLY("help", 0, "                 display this help and exit\n", OPT_HELP)
- OPT('v', "version", 0, "              output version information and exit\n")
- OPT('m', "magic-file", 1, " LIST      use LIST as a colon-separated list of magic\n"
-     "                               number files\n")
-@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ OPT('f', "files-from", 1, " FILE      read the filenames to be examined from FIL
- OPT('F', "separator", 1, " STRING     use string as separator instead of `:'\n")
- OPT('i', "mime", 0, "                 output MIME type strings (--mime-type and\n"
-     "                               --mime-encoding)\n")
--OPT_LONGONLY("apple", 0, "                output the Apple CREATOR/TYPE\n")
--OPT_LONGONLY("extension", 0, "            output a slash-separated list of extnsions\n")
--OPT_LONGONLY("mime-type", 0, "            output the MIME type\n")
--OPT_LONGONLY("mime-encoding", 0, "        output the MIME encoding\n")
-+OPT_LONGONLY("apple", 0, "                output the Apple CREATOR/TYPE\n", OPT_APPLE)
-+OPT_LONGONLY("extension", 0, "            output a slash-separated list of extensions\n", OPT_EXTENSIONS)
-+OPT_LONGONLY("mime-type", 0, "            output the MIME type\n", OPT_MIME_TYPE)
-+OPT_LONGONLY("mime-encoding", 0, "        output the MIME encoding\n", OPT_MIME_ENCODING)
- OPT('k', "keep-going", 0, "           don't stop at the first match\n")
- OPT('l', "list", 0, "                 list magic strength\n")
- #ifdef S_IFLNK
diff --git a/srcpkgs/file/template b/srcpkgs/file/template
index 85ec01b100e..0999d90ab31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/file/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/file/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'file'
 pkgname=file
-version=5.23
-revision=2
+version=5.24
+revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
+build_pie=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-static"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.darwinsys.com/file/"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2c8ab3ff143e2cdfb5ecee381752f80a79e0b4cfe9ca4cc6e1c3e5ec15e6157c
+checksum=802cb3de2e49e88ef97cdcb52cd507a0f25458112752e398445cea102bc750ce
 
 libmagic_package() {
 	short_desc="File type identification library"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ libmagic_package() {
 	}
 }
 file-devel_package() {
-	depends="zlib-devel libmagic>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="${makedepends} libmagic>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc="File type identification library - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include