diff --git a/srcpkgs/rc/patches/quoting-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/rc/patches/quoting-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 48490f2d59d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/rc/patches/quoting-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
---- tree.c	2001-10-01 09:21:08.000000000 -0300
-+++ tree.c.new	2007-09-30 00:36:37.968464448 -0300
-@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@
- 		n->u[2].i = s->u[2].i;
- 		break;
- 	case nWord:
--		n = (*alloc)(offsetof(Node, u[2]));
-+		n = (*alloc)(offsetof(Node, u[3]));
- 		n->u[0].s = strcpy((char *) (*alloc)(strlen(s->u[0].s) + 1), s->u[0].s);
-+		n->u[2].i = s->u[2].i;
- 		if (s->u[1].s != NULL) {
- 			size_t i = strlen(s->u[0].s);
- 			n->u[1].s = (*alloc)(i);
---- footobar.c	2001-10-12 06:10:27.000000000 -0300
-+++ footobar.c.new	2007-09-30 00:39:06.458259082 -0300
-@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
- 	case nForin:	fmtprint(f, "for(%T in %T)%T", n->u[0].p, n->u[1].p, n->u[2].p); break;
- 	case nVarsub:	fmtprint(f, "$%T(%T)", n->u[0].p, n->u[1].p);		break;
- 	case nWord:
--		fmtprint(f, quotep(n->u[0].s, dollar) ? "%#S" : "%S", n->u[0].s);
-+	fmtprint(f, n->u[2].i || quotep(n->u[0].s, dollar) ? "%#S" : "%S", n->u[0].s);
- 		break;
- 	case nLappend: {
- 		static bool inlist;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rc/template b/srcpkgs/rc/template
index 3c26e3ad7d2..6b34ba1f1c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rc/template
@@ -1,29 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'rc'
 pkgname=rc
-version=1.7.1
-revision=3
+version=1.7.2
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=no
+ $(vopt_if readline --with-edit=gnu)
+ $(vopt_if libedit --with-edit=bsd)"
+makedepends="$(vopt_if readline readline-devel)
+ $(vopt_if libedit libedit-devel)"
 register_shell="/bin/rc"
 short_desc="An alternative implementation of the plan 9 rc shell"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="custom"
 homepage="http://tobold.org/article/rc"
 distfiles="http://static.tobold.org/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=1cff23e897a038422458ba01567a5a2650935205862c3bbf73e773807c248240
+checksum=04e762d15cccb3c3191a0f40e5158f176a21707f89cb9e0b04c8085ea7246be5
 
 build_options="readline libedit static"
 build_options_default="readline"
 
-configure_args="ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=no"
-
-if [ "$build_option_readline" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" --with-readline"
-	makedepends="readline-devel"
-elif [ "$build_option_libedit" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" --with-editline"
-	makedepends="libedit-devel"
-fi                                
-
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$build_option_static" ]; then
 		CFLAGS+=" -static"