diff --git a/srcpkgs/binutils/template b/srcpkgs/binutils/template
index 43a457f864c..761afab62ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/binutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/binutils/template
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'binutils'
 pkgname=binutils
-version=2.41
-revision=3
+version=2.44
+revision=1
 bootstrap=yes
-hostmakedepends="pkgconf"
+hostmakedepends="pkgconf tar"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libzstd-devel"
 short_desc="GNU binary utilities"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/binutils/binutils-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=ae9a5789e23459e59606e6714723f2d3ffc31c03174191ef0d015bdf06007450
+checksum=ce2017e059d63e67ddb9240e9d4ec49c2893605035cd60e92ad53177f4377237
+nocross=temporarily
 
 build_options="all_targets"
 desc_option_all_targets="Enable all supported targets"
@@ -73,8 +74,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	esac
 
 	# target archs supported by Void
-	# borked: riscv64 (gold doesn't support it)
-	void_targets="aarch64,armv5tel,armv6l,armv7l,i686,mips,mipsel,ppc,ppcle,ppc64,ppc64le,x86_64"
+	void_targets="aarch64,armv5tel,armv6l,armv7l,i686,mips,mipsel,ppc,ppcle,ppc64,ppc64le,riscv64,x86_64"
 	conf+=" --enable-targets=$(echo "$void_targets" | sed -E -e 's/(,|$)/-linux-gnu\1/g'),${extra_targets}"
 
 	if [ "$build_option_all_targets" ]; then
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ do_configure() {
 		--enable-threads \
 		--enable-plugins \
 		--enable-relro \
-		--enable-gold \
 		--enable-new-dtags \
 		--enable-deterministic-archives \
 		--enable-64-bit-bfd \