diff --git a/core/binutils/APKBUILD b/core/binutils/APKBUILD
index cab00e93c68..7142620ca7f 100644
--- a/core/binutils/APKBUILD
+++ b/core/binutils/APKBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+# Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=binutils
-pkgver=2.19.50.0.1
+pkgver=2.19.51.0.3
 pkgdesc="Tools necessary to build programs"
 url=http://sources.redhat.com/binutils
 source=ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/devel/binutils/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.bz2
@@ -10,20 +11,16 @@ subpackages="$pkgname-doc"
 
 build() {
 	cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
-
 	./configure --prefix=/usr \
 		--mandir /usr/share/man \
-		--build ${CHOST:-i486-alpine-linux-uclibc}
+		--build ${CHOST:-i486-alpine-linux-uclibc} \
 		--infodir /usr/share/info \
 		--enable-shared \
 		--enable-64-bit-bfd \
 		--disable-werror \
 		--disable-nls
 
-	# check build env
-	make configure-host || return 1
-
 	make || return 1
 	make install DESTDIR="$pkgdir" 
 }
-md5sums="c71bf140587a5662bd1fa9d5a19556ed  binutils-2.19.50.0.1.tar.bz2"
+md5sums="c55a2b1eadf818d38e963060412fadca  binutils-2.19.51.0.3.tar.bz2"