diff --git a/community/gitea/PKGBUILD b/community/gitea/PKGBUILD
index 58100f56f..bcf895b97 100644
--- a/community/gitea/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/gitea/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #  - don't check repo signature until author puts his keys on keyservers
 
 pkgname=gitea
-pkgver=1.18.0
+pkgver=1.18.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Painless self-hosted Git service, community managed."
 arch=(x86_64)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ optdepends=(
 )
 checkdepends=(openssh)
 options=(!lto)
-_tag=ea72465d5992f0ea7448a2268375f02c2fdf09ac # git rev-parse v${pkgver}
+_tag=cb630e628eb239b1e562a3091e6ad47e377ea35d # git rev-parse v${pkgver}
 source=(git+https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git#tag=${_tag}
         gitea.tmpfiles
         gitea.service
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ validpgpkeys=(
   D2CF76DA95F201E9901532AB3CDE74631F13A748  # Andrew Thornton <art27@cantab.net>, retrieved from https://github.com/zeripath.gpg
   82A110A44DF1A28D50C093BFB853ADA5DA7BBF7A  # jolheiser <john@jolheiser.com>, retrieved from https://github.com/jolheiser.gpg
 )
-install=gitea.install
 
 pkgver() {
   cd ${pkgname}
@@ -66,8 +65,8 @@ build() {
   export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
   export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
   export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
-  export EXTRA_GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
-  export LDFLAGS="-X 'code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=/var/lib/gitea/' -X 'code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomConf=/etc/gitea/app.ini'"
+  export EXTRA_GOFLAGS="-buildmode=pie -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
+  export LDFLAGS="-linkmode=external -compressdwarf=false -X 'code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=/var/lib/gitea/' -X 'code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomConf=/etc/gitea/app.ini'"
   export TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify pam"
   make -j1
 }
diff --git a/community/gitea/gitea.install b/community/gitea/gitea.install
deleted file mode 100644
index b252fc71c..000000000
--- a/community/gitea/gitea.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-post_upgrade() {
-  if [ "$(vercmp "$2" "1.15.0")" -le 0 ]; then
-    echo "The app.ini configuration file is not prefilled anymore. The current"
-    echo "one has been saved to .pacsave, you need to at least rename it before"
-    echo "restarting gitea. The app.example.ini file is provided for a reference"
-    echo "of settings."
-  fi
-}