diff --git a/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.5.1.recipe b/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.7.1.recipe
similarity index 84%
rename from app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.5.1.recipe
rename to app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.7.1.recipe
index 216734e95..31a686cee 100644
--- a/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.5.1.recipe
+++ b/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.7.1.recipe
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ entry sizes depend on particular formats.
 * Growing test suite ? to verify correctness of new ports.
 * Works on most POSIX-like systems
 * Supports Windows, including Cygwin, MinGW, and Visual Studio.
+
 The bsdtar and bscpio command-line utilities are feature- and \
 performance-competitive with other tar and cpio implementations:
 * Reads a variety of formats, including tar, pax, cpio, zip, xar, lha, ar, \
@@ -20,12 +21,11 @@ cab, mtree, rar, and ISO images.
 or compress.
 * Unique format conversion feature."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.libarchive.org/"
-COPYRIGHT="2003-2013 Tim Kientzle"
+COPYRIGHT="2003-2018 Tim Kientzle"
 LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://www.libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="9015d109ec00bb9ae1a384b172bf2fc1dff41e2c66e5a9eeddf933af9db37f5a"
-PATCHES="1481.patch" #from upstream
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="5d24e40819768f74daf846b99837fc53a3a9dcdf3ce1c2003fe0596db850f0f0"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
@@ -38,12 +38,16 @@ if [ "$targetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
     commandBinDir=$prefix/bin
 fi
 
+libVersion="13.7.1"
+libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
+
 PROVIDES="
 	libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 3.0
 	cmd:bsdcat$commandSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 3.0
 	cmd:bsdcpio$commandSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 3.0
 	cmd:bsdtar$commandSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 3.0
-	lib:libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix = 13.5.1 compat >= 13
+	cmd:bsdunzip$commandSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 3.0
+	lib:libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -57,10 +61,10 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	libarchive${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 3.0
-	devel:libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix = 13.5.1 compat >= 13
+	devel:libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
-	libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion
+	libarchive$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
 	"
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:automake
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:xml2_config$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -101,7 +105,10 @@ INSTALL()
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libarchive
 	fixPkgconfig
-	packageEntries devel $developDir $manDir/man3
+
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir \
+		$manDir/man3
 }
 
 TEST()
diff --git a/app-arch/libarchive/patches/1481.patch b/app-arch/libarchive/patches/1481.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b9055186..000000000
--- a/app-arch/libarchive/patches/1481.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From b4c5bf51436d876631e12ed8533e86405f8581d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexandre Janniaux <ajanni@videolabs.io>
-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:31:53 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/2] configure.ac: add AC_PROG_CPP
-
-Otherwise, the preprocessor is not detected and it leads to failure with
-empty $CPP variable being used on la_TYPE_UID_T, leading to a cascade of
-detection errors and redefinition of some types.
----
- configure.ac | 1 +
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 3b4602f5e..d51fa19cc 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ AC_SUBST(PLATFORMCPPFLAGS)
- AC_PROG_CC
- AC_PROG_CC_C99
- AM_PROG_CC_C_O
-+AC_PROG_CPP
- AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
- AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
- AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
-
-From 057c8b91a8d91008b85a9cbd5553c4b03dfcb8c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Alexandre Janniaux <ajanni@videolabs.io>
-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:34:30 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 2/2] configure.ac: remove trailing characters
-
----
- configure.ac | 2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index d51fa19cc..dd10e7e4d 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ if test "x$with_iconv" != "xno"; then
-     AC_CHECK_FUNCS([locale_charset])
-     LIBS="${am_save_LIBS}"
-     if test "x$ac_cv_func_locale_charset" != "xyes"; then
--      # If locale_charset() is not in libiconv, we have to find libcharset. 
-+      # If locale_charset() is not in libiconv, we have to find libcharset.
-       AC_CHECK_LIB(charset,locale_charset)
-     fi
-   fi