diff --git a/packages/gnushogi/build.sh b/packages/gnushogi/build.sh
index 1ffc287604b7aea..49335adf53fc69a 100644
--- a/packages/gnushogi/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gnushogi/build.sh
@@ -2,22 +2,39 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://www.gnu.org/software/gnushogi/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Program that plays the game of Shogi, also known as Japanese Chess"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.4.2
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=4
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gnushogi/gnushogi-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1ecc48a866303c63652552b325d685e7ef5e9893244080291a61d96505d52b29
+_COMMIT=5bb0b5b2f6953b3250e965c7ecaf108215751a74
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2014.11.19
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=git+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnushogi.git
+TERMUX_PKG_GIT_BRANCH=master
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7743bef7ca9d412e2e2d2c111c24ff23c934b53134a3eb7f477c05139dba9299
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="ac_cv_lib_curses_clrtoeol=yes --with-curses"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="info/gnushogi.info"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
 TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD=true
 TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="games"
 
-termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	CFLAGS+=" $CPPFLAGS -fcommon"
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	git fetch --unshallow
+	git checkout $_COMMIT
+
+	local version="$(git log -1 --format=%cs | sed 's/-/./g')"
+	if [ "$version" != "$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION" ]; then
+		echo -n "ERROR: The specified version \"$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION\""
+		echo " is different from what is expected to be: \"$version\""
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	local s=$(find . -type f ! -path '*/.git/*' -print0 | xargs -0 sha256sum | LC_ALL=C sort | sha256sum)
+	if [[ "${s}" != "${TERMUX_PKG_SHA256}  "* ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit "Checksum mismatch for source files."
+	fi
 }
 
-termux_step_post_configure () {
-	cp $TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/gnushogi/pat2inc $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/gnushogi/pat2inc
-	# Update timestamps so that the binaries does not get rebuilt:
-	touch -d "next hour" $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/gnushogi/pat2inc
+termux_step_host_build() {
+	cd "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	CFLAGS+=" $CPPFLAGS -fcommon"
 }
diff --git a/packages/gnushogi/gnushogi-makefile-in.patch b/packages/gnushogi/gnushogi-makefile-in.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8ffe1eea5cb171..000000000000000
--- a/packages/gnushogi/gnushogi-makefile-in.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../gnushogi-1.4.2/gnushogi/Makefile.in ./gnushogi/Makefile.in
---- ../gnushogi-1.4.2/gnushogi/Makefile.in	2014-02-17 21:26:59.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./gnushogi/Makefile.in	2014-03-10 00:07:58.821997498 +0100
-@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
- LIBDIR  =   $(prefix)/lib/$(PROGNAME)
- 
- # Where the man page goes.
--MANDIR  = $(prefix)/man/man6
-+MANDIR  = @mandir@/man6
- 
- # Where the info file goes.
- INFODIR = $(prefix)/info
-@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
- #
- 
- install: $(PROGNAME)
--	strip $(PROGNAME)
-+	$(STRIP) $(PROGNAME)
- 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -d $(BINDIR)
- 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -d $(LIBDIR)
- 	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) -d $(MANDIR)
diff --git a/packages/gnushogi/use_libncurses.patch b/packages/gnushogi/use_libncurses.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index baecc6121fdecf8..000000000000000
--- a/packages/gnushogi/use_libncurses.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r ../gnushogi-1.4.2/configure ./configure
---- ../gnushogi-1.4.2/configure	2014-02-17 21:30:14.000000000 +0100
-+++ ./configure	2014-02-25 23:37:49.000000000 +0100
-@@ -3315,7 +3315,7 @@
- { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_curses_clrtoeol" >&5
- $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_curses_clrtoeol" >&6; }
- if test "x$ac_cv_lib_curses_clrtoeol" = xyes; then :
--  LIBCURSES=-lcurses
-+  LIBCURSES=-lncurses
- 
-      CURSESDSP=cursesdsp.o
-