diff --git a/main/npth/APKBUILD b/main/npth/APKBUILD
index 967b45a68f0..f50f6c770f2 100644
--- a/main/npth/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/npth/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=npth
-pkgver=1.6
-pkgrel=4
+pkgver=1.8
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="The New GNU Portable Threads library"
 url="https://gnupg.org/related_software/npth/"
 arch="all"
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ license="LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev"
 source="https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/npth/npth-$pkgver.tar.bz2"
 
-prepare() {
- 	default_prepare
-	update_config_sub
-}
-
 build() {
 	./configure \
 		--build=$CBUILD \
@@ -34,4 +29,6 @@ package() {
 	make DESTDIR="$pkgdir" install
 }
 
-sha512sums="2ed1012e14a9d10665420b9a23628be7e206fd9348111ec751349b93557ee69f1176bcf7e6b195b35b1c44a5e0e81ee33b713f03d79a33d1ecd9037035afeda2  npth-1.6.tar.bz2"
+sha512sums="
+34fdeea3d8a7a594d8fdbcc6d5d389b5c8e282e8e84c1491b1e51960c0fa007df6a1d62543f0107f0772f3215557d4b25c2a9c7067cb0ae2f8de7b4d63d09fb4  npth-1.8.tar.bz2
+"