diff --git a/srcpkgs/mg/patches/ncurses.patch b/srcpkgs/mg/patches/ncurses.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3a5ba8c109217a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mg/patches/ncurses.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/GNUmakefile
++++ b/GNUmakefile
+@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
+   $(error You probably need to install "libbsd-dev" or "libbsd-devel" or something like that.)
+ endif
+ 
+-CURSES_LIBS:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs ncurses)
++CURSES_LIBS:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs ncursesw)
+ ifeq ($(CURSES_LIBS),)
+   $(error You probably need to install "libncurses5-dev" or "libncurses6-devel" or something like that.)
+ endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mg/patches/pkg-config-ncurses.patch b/srcpkgs/mg/patches/pkg-config-ncurses.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ec68c1ebdc27d..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/mg/patches/pkg-config-ncurses.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- a/GNUmakefile	2016-09-05 13:51:19.133051791 +0200
-+++ b/GNUmakefile	2016-09-05 13:51:29.519052327 +0200
-@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
- includedir=	$(prefix)/include
- mandir=		$(prefix)/man
- 
--PKG_CONFIG=	/usr/bin/pkg-config --silence-errors
-+PKG_CONFIG=	pkg-config --silence-errors
- INSTALL=	/usr/bin/install
- STRIP=		/usr/bin/strip
- 
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
-   $(error You probably need to install "libbsd-dev" or "libbsd-devel" or something like that.)
- endif
- 
--CURSES_LIBS:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs ncurses)
-+CURSES_LIBS:= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs ncursesw)
- ifeq ($(CURSES_LIBS),)
-   $(error You probably need to install "libncurses5-dev" or "libnnurses6-devel" or something like that.)
- endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mg/template b/srcpkgs/mg/template
index cf1bfb38a7e115..e72280f3c920ed 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mg/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'mg'
 pkgname=mg
-version=20260227
+version=20260719
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_install_args="mandir=/usr/share/man"
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ license="Public Domain"
 homepage="https://github.com/hboetes/mg"
 changelog="https://github.com/hboetes/mg/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hboetes/mg/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=21877e912a63c69253538dc8ba6ae3beb1c89f35222e8381d14320f6537cec89
+checksum=8ca736b1e57d9681e7921d37b9cf0282e3098e2929ed37384400c78dae54762d
 
 CFLAGS="-DTCSASOFT=0"
-
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	*-musl) CFLAGS+=" -DREG_STARTEND=0";;
-esac