diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
index cde8810988b..8084243cc21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx6/template
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libvpx6'
+# updates generally break abi, so if you update this,
+# have fun rebuilding everything
 pkgname=libvpx6
-version=1.10.0
-revision=1
+reverts="1.10.0_1"
+version=1.9.0
+revision=2
 wrksrc=libvpx-${version}
 hostmakedepends="perl yasm"
 short_desc="VP8 and VP9 video codec"
@@ -9,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause-Clear"
 homepage="http://www.webmproject.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/webmproject/libvpx/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=85803ccbdbdd7a3b03d930187cb055f1353596969c1f92ebec2db839fa4f834a
+checksum=d279c10e4b9316bf11a570ba16c3d55791e1ad6faa4404c67422eb631782c80a
 replaces="libvpx<1.8.0"
 
 do_configure() {