diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 64dc6f0f237..37dd9c3e590 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ libmenuw.so.5 ncurses-libs-5.9_13 ignore
 libmenuw.so.6 ncurses-libs-5.8_1 ignore
 libobjc.so.4 libobjc-4.7.3_12
 libgomp.so.1 libgomp-4.4.0_1
-libgps.so.22 gpsd-3.15_1
+libgps.so.23 gpsd-3.17_1
 libmagic.so.1 libmagic-5.12_1
 libbluetooth.so.3 libbluetooth-4.58_1
 libwmf-0.2.so.7 libwmf-0.2.8.4_1
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ libdca.so.0 libdca-0.0.5_1
 libmpeg2.so.0 libmpeg2-0.5.1_1
 libmpeg2convert.so.0 libmpeg2-0.5.1_1
 libmng.so.2 libmng-2.0.2_1
-libQgpsmm.so.22 gpsd-qt-3.15_1
+libQgpsmm.so.23 gpsd-qt-3.17_1
 libQtAssistantClient.so qt-4.5.3_1
 libQtXmlPatterns.so.4 qt-4.5.3_1
 libQtScriptTools.so.4 qt-4.5.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gpsd/patches/ncurses-pkgconfig.patch b/srcpkgs/gpsd/patches/ncurses-pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 88fba4ebaf1..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gpsd/patches/ncurses-pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN gpsd-3.15-old/SConstruct gpsd-3.15-new/SConstruct
---- gpsd-3.15-old/SConstruct	2015-06-03 14:09:31.000000000 +0000
-+++ gpsd-3.15-new/SConstruct	2015-09-17 18:17:49.140818485 +0000
-@@ -539,8 +539,8 @@
-     # are like FreeBSD.
-     ncurseslibs= []
-     if env['ncurses']:
--        if config.CheckPKG('ncurses'):
--            ncurseslibs = pkg_config('ncurses')
-+        if config.CheckPKG('ncursesw'):
-+            ncurseslibs = pkg_config('ncursesw')
-             if config.CheckPKG('tinfo'):
-                 ncurseslibs += pkg_config('tinfo')
-         elif WhereIs('ncurses5-config'):
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gpsd/template b/srcpkgs/gpsd/template
index 659cddcefc8..313e31c455f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gpsd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gpsd/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gpsd'
 pkgname=gpsd
-version=3.16
+version=3.17
 revision=1
 build_style=scons
 patch_args=-p1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="uriahheep <uriahheep@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.catb.org/gpsd/"
 distfiles="http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gpsd/gpsd-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum="03579af13a4d3fe0c5b79fa44b5f75c9f3cac6749357f1d99ce5d38c09bc2029"
+checksum=68e0dbecfb5831997f8b3d6ba48aed812eb465d8c0089420ab68f9ce4d85e77a
 system_accounts="gpsd"
 
 hostmakedepends="scons pkg-config bc python libxslt xmlto asciidoc ncurses"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ gpsd-python_package() {
 
 gpsd-xgps_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - PyGTK based clients"
-	depends="pygtk ${sourcepkg}-python>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="pygtk ${sourcepkg}-python>=${version}_${revision} python-gobject"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/xgps
 		vmove usr/bin/xgpsspeed