diff --git a/user/drawterm/patches/flags.patch b/user/drawterm/patches/flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b195e032bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/user/drawterm/patches/flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+make sure our CFLAGS/LDFLAGS are respected
+
+diff -ruN a/Make.linux b/Make.linux
+--- a/Make.linux	2024-10-04 03:22:35.000000000 +0200
++++ b/Make.linux	2024-10-06 14:03:04.320760656 +0200
+@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
+ AS=as
+ RANLIB=ranlib
+ CC=cc
+-CFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses -ggdb -I$(ROOT) -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/kern -c -D_THREAD_SAFE -DPTHREAD $(PTHREAD) `pkg-config --cflags libpipewire-0.3` -D_REENTRANT -O2
++override CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses -I$(ROOT) -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/kern -c -D_THREAD_SAFE -DPTHREAD $(PTHREAD) `pkg-config --cflags libpipewire-0.3` -D_REENTRANT $(CFLAGS)
+ O=o
+ OS=posix
+ GUI=wl
+-LDADD=-lwayland-client -lxkbcommon -ggdb -lm -lrt -lpipewire-0.3
+-LDFLAGS=$(PTHREAD)
++LDADD=-lwayland-client -lxkbcommon -lm -lrt -lpipewire-0.3
++override LDFLAGS := $(PTHREAD) $(LDFLAGS)
+ TARG=drawterm
+ # AUDIO=none
+ AUDIO=pipewire
diff --git a/user/drawterm/patches/posix_generic.patch b/user/drawterm/patches/posix_generic.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c59f67bdc3..0000000000
--- a/user/drawterm/patches/posix_generic.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-From 21f709644699dca4014691d050ff08990023b6d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: q66 <q66@chimera-linux.org>
-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 16:42:24 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] Add posix-generic which uses gcc builtins instead of
- arch-specific assembly. We can then use this for all our archs.
-
-Also make sure our CFLAGS/LDFLAGS are respected.
-
---- a/Make.linux
-+++ b/Make.linux
-@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
- AS=as
- RANLIB=ranlib
- CC=cc
--CFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses -ggdb -I$(ROOT) -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/kern -c -D_THREAD_SAFE -DPTHREAD $(PTHREAD) `pkg-config --cflags libpipewire-0.3` -D_REENTRANT -O2
-+override CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses -I$(ROOT) -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/kern -c -D_THREAD_SAFE -DPTHREAD $(PTHREAD) `pkg-config --cflags libpipewire-0.3` -D_REENTRANT $(CFLAGS)
- O=o
- OS=posix
- GUI=wl
--LDADD=-lwayland-client -lxkbcommon -ggdb -lm -lrt -lpipewire-0.3
--LDFLAGS=$(PTHREAD)
-+LDADD=-lwayland-client -lxkbcommon -lm -lrt -lpipewire-0.3
-+override LDFLAGS := $(PTHREAD) $(LDFLAGS)
- TARG=drawterm
- # AUDIO=none
- AUDIO=pipewire
-@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@
- all: default
- 
- libmachdep.a:
--	arch=`uname -m|sed 's/i.86/386/;s/Power Macintosh/power/; s/x86_64/amd64/; s/armv[567].*/arm/; s/aarch64/arm64/'`; \
--	(cd posix-$$arch &&  make)
-+	(cd posix-generic && $(MAKE))
-diff --git a/posix-generic/Makefile b/posix-generic/Makefile
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..970204e
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/posix-generic/Makefile
-@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
-+ROOT=..
-+include ../Make.config
-+LIB=../libmachdep.a
-+
-+OFILES=\
-+	getcallerpc.$O\
-+	tas.$O
-+
-+default: $(LIB)
-+$(LIB): $(OFILES)
-+	$(AR) r $(LIB) $(OFILES)
-+	$(RANLIB) $(LIB)
-+
-+%.$O: %.c
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $*.c
-diff --git a/posix-generic/getcallerpc.c b/posix-generic/getcallerpc.c
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..3614c59
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/posix-generic/getcallerpc.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
-+#include "u.h"
-+#include "libc.h"
-+
-+uintptr
-+getcallerpc(void *a)
-+{
-+	return ((uintptr*)a)[-1];
-+}
-diff --git a/posix-generic/tas.c b/posix-generic/tas.c
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..289f747
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/posix-generic/tas.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
-+#include "u.h"
-+#include "libc.h"
-+
-+int
-+tas(int *x)
-+{
-+	/* use a gcc __atomic builtin */
-+	int v = __atomic_exchange_n(x, 1, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
-+	switch(v) {
-+	case 0:
-+	case 1:
-+		return v;
-+	default:
-+		print("canlock: corrupted 0x%lux\n", v);
-+		return 1;
-+	}
-+}
-+
--- 
-2.27.0
diff --git a/user/drawterm/template.py b/user/drawterm/template.py
index 5de7db4a5d..ca848558eb 100644
--- a/user/drawterm/template.py
+++ b/user/drawterm/template.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pkgname = "drawterm"
-_commit = "789b8fe40e156ad0252230b13dd4ada96f3eed8b"
-pkgver = "0_git20240909"
+_commit = "d7620e8d528a87a3d6cf7285a839d52d4f705771"
+pkgver = "0_git20241003"
 pkgrel = 0
 build_style = "makefile"
 make_env = {"CONF": "linux"}
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     f"!https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlr-protocols/-/raw/{_wlr_protocols_commit}/unstable/wlr-virtual-pointer-unstable-v1.xml>{_wlr_protocols_commit}.xml",
 ]
 sha256 = [
-    "d5353af6d0557b345cb0df70141cdc9a443a747dc24d888f059750933ee2ad29",
+    "9c40457a26a5cd618092b454acf9225732a7e304b8c39e0dd0d58d4672ea0422",
     "3ff6d540be0bc5228195bf072bde42117ea17945a5c2061add5d3cf97d6bb524",
 ]
 # no tests