diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcxxabi/template b/srcpkgs/libcxxabi/template
index 258ce27f382..fe748223ef3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcxxabi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcxxabi/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libcxxabi'
 pkgname=libcxxabi
-version=7.0.1
+version=8.0.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}.src"
 build_style=cmake
@@ -8,33 +8,21 @@ configure_args="-DLIBCXXABI_LIBCXX_INCLUDES=../libcxx/include
  -DLIBCXXABI_USE_LLVM_UNWINDER=1
  -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET:-$XBPS_TRIPLET}"
 make_build_args="VERBOSE=1"
-hostmakedepends="llvm7"
-makedepends="llvm7 llvm-libunwind-devel"
+hostmakedepends="llvm8"
+makedepends="llvm8 llvm-libunwind-devel"
 short_desc="Low-level support for libc++ standard library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="NCSA, MIT"
 homepage="https://libcxxabi.llvm.org"
 distfiles="https://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.src.tar.xz
  https://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/libcxx-${version}.src.tar.xz"
-checksum="8168903a157ca7ab8423d3b974eaa497230b1564ceb57260be2bd14412e8ded8
- 020002618b319dc2a8ba1f2cba88b8cc6a209005ed8ad29f9de0c562c6ebb9f1"
+checksum="c2d6de9629f7c072ac20ada776374e9e3168142f20a46cdb9d6df973922b07cd
+ c2902675e7c84324fb2c1e45489220f250ede016cc3117186785d9dc291f9de2"
 
-# Aarch64 fails to build with gcc
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	armv[67]l)
 		broken="invalid operands of types 'char [8]' and 'const uint64_t' to binary 'operator&'"
 	;;
-	aarch64*)
-		hostmakedepends+=" clang"
-		configure_args+=" -DLIBCXXABI_TARGET_TRIPLE=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}"
-		pre_configure() {
-			export CC="clang"
-			export CXX="clang++"
-
-			CFLAGS+=" --target=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET} --sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}"
-			CXXFLAGS+=" --target=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET} --sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE} -I$(ls -d ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/c++/*/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET} | head -n1)"
-		}
-	;;
 esac
 
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