diff --git a/community/higan/PKGBUILD b/community/higan/PKGBUILD
index 66242b14f..b3ca489f6 100644
--- a/community/higan/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/higan/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 #  - patch for AArch64
 
 pkgname=higan
-pkgver=104
+pkgver=106
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Nintendo multi-system emulator'
-arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
+arch=('x86_64')
 url='http://byuu.org/'
 license=('GPL3')
 depends=('alsa-lib' 'cairo' 'gcc-libs' 'gdk-pixbuf2' 'glib2' 'glibc' 'gtk2'
@@ -18,36 +18,43 @@ depends=('alsa-lib' 'cairo' 'gcc-libs' 'gdk-pixbuf2' 'glib2' 'glibc' 'gtk2'
 makedepends=('mesa')
 conflicts=('higan-gtk' 'higan-qt')
 replaces=('higan-gtk' 'higan-qt')
-install='higan.install'
 source=("https://download.byuu.org/higan_v${pkgver}-source.7z"
         'higan-flags.patch'
+        'higan-paths.patch'
         '0001-AArch64-fixes.patch')
-sha256sums=('342400ba494b37a95210f11e6d941566e50a772095586406c14d75293f525544'
-            '6ee3489a3cf3e8d09beaa5c1f809824593aa08b61dc9a8c9ddc12a09c89ae6cb'
+sha256sums=('6564f91f232040c46c052de763dc139e94005e0f2376959fdacbb6ccd3fd6d18'
+            '6cff6f9570de186bdfa4620d3a2b6e315118b6f6be45b35f3346995865f1718e'
+            '6d0bf69e00c9ea5c5155b52b5ee59c253f2bacbc64f044826f53d4d6ae175c68'
             '0855c62824138ca02a9e775b7a6cca08b2cb20f99ce2713112be1a9d62e23509')
 
 prepare() {
   cd higan_v${pkgver}-source
 
   patch -Np1 -i ../higan-flags.patch
+  patch -Np1 -i ../higan-paths.patch
   patch -Np1 -i ../0001-AArch64-fixes.patch
 }
 
 build() {
   cd higan_v${pkgver}-source
 
-  make -C icarus
   make -C higan
+  make -C icarus
 }
 
 package() {
   cd higan_v${pkgver}-source
 
-  install -Dm 755 icarus/out/icarus -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/
   install -Dm 755 higan/out/higan -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/
   install -Dm 644 higan/data/higan.desktop -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/applications/
   install -Dm 644 higan/data/higan.png -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/pixmaps/
   cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' higan/systems "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/higan
+
+  install -Dm 755 icarus/out/icarus -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm 644 icarus/data/icarus.desktop -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/applications/
+  install -Dm 644 icarus/data/icarus.png -t "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/pixmaps/
+  install -dm 755 "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/icarus
+  cp -dr --no-preserve='ownership' icarus/Database "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/icarus/
 }
 
 # vim: ts=2 sw=2 et:
diff --git a/community/higan/higan-flags.patch b/community/higan/higan-flags.patch
index 71fd27498..aaca8d0e2 100755
--- a/community/higan/higan-flags.patch
+++ b/community/higan/higan-flags.patch
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
-diff -rupN higan_v097-source.orig/higan/GNUmakefile higan_v097-source/higan/GNUmakefile
---- higan_v097-source.orig/higan/GNUmakefile	2016-01-24 09:21:45.822940200 +0100
-+++ higan_v097-source/higan/GNUmakefile	2016-01-24 09:24:03.028722500 +0100
-@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ifeq ($(platform),windows)
- else ifeq ($(platform),macosx)
-   flags += -march=native
- else ifneq ($(filter $(platform),linux bsd),)
--  flags += -march=native -fopenmp
-+  flags += -fopenmp
+diff -rupN higan_v106-source.orig/higan/GNUmakefile higan_v106-source/higan/GNUmakefile
+--- higan_v106-source.orig/higan/GNUmakefile	2017-12-27 23:12:21.263872763 +0100
++++ higan_v106-source/higan/GNUmakefile	2017-12-27 23:12:30.243627883 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-build := optimize
++build := release
+ include ../nall/GNUmakefile
+ 
+ binary := application
+@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ else ifneq ($(filter $(platform),linux b
+   flags += -fopenmp
    link += -fopenmp
-   link += -Wl,-export-dynamic
-   link += -lX11 -lXext
-diff -rupN higan_v097-source.orig/nall/GNUmakefile higan_v097-source/nall/GNUmakefile
---- higan_v097-source.orig/nall/GNUmakefile	2016-01-24 09:21:46.021749600 +0100
-+++ higan_v097-source/nall/GNUmakefile	2016-01-24 09:25:06.347100800 +0100
-@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ cflags := -x c -std=c99
- objcflags := -x objective-c -std=c99
+   ifeq ($(binary),application)
+-    flags += -march=native
+     link += -Wl,-export-dynamic
+     link += -lX11 -lXext
+   else ifeq ($(binary),library)
+diff -rupN higan_v106-source.orig/icarus/GNUmakefile higan_v106-source/icarus/GNUmakefile
+--- higan_v106-source.orig/icarus/GNUmakefile	2017-12-27 23:12:21.280538976 +0100
++++ higan_v106-source/icarus/GNUmakefile	2017-12-27 23:12:30.243627883 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-build := optimize
++build := release
+ include ../nall/GNUmakefile
+ include ../hiro/GNUmakefile
+ 
+diff -rupN higan_v106-source.orig/nall/GNUmakefile higan_v106-source/nall/GNUmakefile
+--- higan_v106-source.orig/nall/GNUmakefile	2017-12-27 23:12:21.283872217 +0100
++++ higan_v106-source/nall/GNUmakefile	2017-12-27 23:12:44.326577547 +0100
+@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ cflags := -x c -std=c11
+ objcflags := -x objective-c -std=c11
  cppflags := -x c++ -std=c++14
  objcppflags := -x objective-c++ -std=c++14
 -flags :=
@@ -24,15 +38,12 @@ diff -rupN higan_v097-source.orig/nall/GNUmakefile higan_v097-source/nall/GNUmak
  
  # compiler detection
  ifeq ($(compiler),)
-@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ ifeq ($(compiler),)
-   else ifeq ($(platform),macosx)
-     compiler := clang++
-   else ifeq ($(platform),linux)
--    compiler := g++-4.9
-+    compiler := g++
-   else ifeq ($(platform),bsd)
--    compiler := g++49
-+    compiler := g++
-   else
-     compiler := g++
-   endif
+@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ifeq ($(threaded),true)
+ endif
+ 
+ # paths
+-prefix := $(HOME)/.local
++prefix := /usr
+ 
+ # function rwildcard(directory, pattern)
+ rwildcard = \
diff --git a/community/higan/higan-paths.patch b/community/higan/higan-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcb3eaf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/community/higan/higan-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -rupN higan_v106-source.orig/higan/target-tomoko/tomoko.cpp higan_v106-source/higan/target-tomoko/tomoko.cpp
+--- higan_v106-source.orig/higan/target-tomoko/tomoko.cpp	2017-12-27 23:48:31.103245742 +0100
++++ higan_v106-source/higan/target-tomoko/tomoko.cpp	2017-12-27 23:49:19.728586352 +0100
+@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ auto locate(string name) -> string {
+   location = {Path::config(), "higan/", name};
+   if(inode::exists(location)) return location;
+ 
++  location = {Path::shared(), "higan/", name};
++  if(inode::exists(location)) return location;
++
+   directory::create({Path::local(), "higan/"});
+   return {Path::local(), "higan/", name};
+ }
+diff -rupN higan_v106-source.orig/icarus/icarus.cpp higan_v106-source/icarus/icarus.cpp
+--- higan_v106-source.orig/icarus/icarus.cpp	2017-12-27 23:48:31.109912227 +0100
++++ higan_v106-source/icarus/icarus.cpp	2017-12-27 23:49:02.672384569 +0100
+@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ auto locate(string name) -> string {
+   location = {Path::config(), "icarus/", name};
+   if(inode::exists(location)) return location;
+ 
++  location = {Path::shared(), "icarus/", name};
++  if(inode::exists(location)) return location;
++
+   directory::create({Path::local(), "icarus/"});
+   return {Path::local(), "icarus/", name};
+ }
diff --git a/community/higan/higan.install b/community/higan/higan.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 273b3a30e..000000000
--- a/community/higan/higan.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-post_install() {
-cat << EOF
-higan needs the system files located in /usr/share/higan to be present inside
-your ~/Emulation directory, please copy them over before using the emulator.
-EOF
-}
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  post_install
-}
-
-# vim: ts=2 sw=2 et: