diff --git a/wicd/PKGBUILD b/wicd/PKGBUILD
index b09a47215..66cec87db 100644
--- a/wicd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/wicd/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 #
-# Chakra Packages for Chakra, part of chakra-project.org
+# Platform Packages for Chakra, part of chakra-project.org
 #
-# maintainer (i686): Phil Miller <philm[at]chakra-project[dog]org>
-# maintainer (x86_64): Manuel Tortosa <manutortosa[at]chakra-project[dot]org>
 
 pkgname=wicd
-pkgver=1.7.0
-pkgrel=6
+pkgver=1.7.1
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="New and alternative wireless/wired network management utility"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://wicd.sourceforge.net/"
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ source=(http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.t
 categories=('network')
 options=('emptydirs')
 backup=('etc/wicd/encryption/templates/active')
-md5sums=('003d2e67240989db55934553437ba32a'
+md5sums=('9c5664a0e850cddbe80942eabb10430a'
          'f40e5f59998d0829707a7c9976afa8f8'
          '326df163a5732d38741371baa4fce9e5'
          'f4c377a25aa077cb76955124adfcc03f'
@@ -36,9 +34,9 @@ md5sums=('003d2e67240989db55934553437ba32a'
 
 build() {
   cd $srcdir/$pkgbase-$pkgver
-  patch -p0 <$srcdir/wicd-scripts-execution.patch
-  patch -p1 -i $srcdir/deepcopy+python27-fixes.patch
-  patch -p0 -i $srcdir/net-tools.patch
+ # patch -p0 <$srcdir/wicd-scripts-execution.patch
+ # patch -p1 -i $srcdir/deepcopy+python27-fixes.patch
+ # patch -p0 -i $srcdir/net-tools.patch
 
   find . -type f -exec sed -i 's@#!/usr.*python@#!/usr/bin/python2@' {} \;
   export PYTHON=python2