diff --git a/curl/PKGBUILD b/curl/PKGBUILD
index 84e5067..0675be9 100644
--- a/curl/PKGBUILD
+++ b/curl/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pkgname=(curl libcurl-compat libcurl-gnutls)
 #_tag_name='8_6_0'
 #pkgver="${_tag_name//_/.}"
 pkgver=8.7.1
-pkgrel=03
+pkgrel=04
 pkgdesc='command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs - w/o ipv6 & zstd'
 url='https://curl.se'
 #options=(debug)  # uncomment this to produce debug package 
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ checkdepends=('valgrind')
 #source=("https://curl.haxx.se/download/${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz"{,.asc}
 #source=("git+https://github.com/curl/curl.git#tag=${_tag}?signed")
 source=("git+https://github.com/curl/curl.git#tag=curl-${pkgver//./_}?signed"
-        '0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch'
-        '0002-brotli-and-others-simply-pass-through-0-length-writes.patch')
+        '0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch')
 
 _backports=(
+  # content_encoding: brotli and others, pass through 0-length writes
+  'b30d694a027eb771c02a3db0dee0ca03ccab7377'
 )
 
 _reverts=(
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ prepare() {
   done
 
   patch -Np1 < ../0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch
-  patch -Np1 < ../0002-brotli-and-others-simply-pass-through-0-length-writes.patch
 
   # no '-DEV' in version, release date from tagged commit...
   sed -i \
@@ -198,14 +198,12 @@ license=('MIT')
 
 validpgpkeys=('27EDEAF22F3ABCEB50DB9A125CC908FDB71E12C2') # Daniel Stenberg
 
-
-
-
 sha512sums=('38b55dc916a64a1fd40a8af3e9a694ae918f8efb714430834491ebbe0ceeee4b58ba804afa15da966cbcf9cd7100ce373aed7b2101dff56f742996072caaf09a'
-            '51df4903eff9f1a15b1317ea4a8ee2b8537f347984f2524f42213b09344cd6109c621a4b81b37d2fcf2027387bb81cf0a744a48e96b86c4e268c43261ff86845'
-            '6bb9bf70eacef55a91ed0cec5edd8887af9a7ef6e6d819624c6c532360fe1f524aa9b2417496fcdca54e1ede22bc542c6581d420b068b5c24da932ea03426106')
+            '51df4903eff9f1a15b1317ea4a8ee2b8537f347984f2524f42213b09344cd6109c621a4b81b37d2fcf2027387bb81cf0a744a48e96b86c4e268c43261ff86845')
 sha256sums=(SKIP 
-	e05b46b3cea5ca4dfa39fdaa5d8f85095e5fc3dda9fc460cfdc002c5d7670357  # 0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch
-	00c2fb9332be11ab6127b99f4748aa8802ce3f0ca94dab7c5fb9ac206daeaff6) # 0002-brotli-and-others-simply-pass-through-0-length-writes.patch
+	e05b46b3cea5ca4dfa39fdaa5d8f85095e5fc3dda9fc460cfdc002c5d7670357)  # 0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch
+
+##  cd265c27113081eaa2d113a172e9f3e8ac1b928e7fae9cd79f078a2c84173552  curl-8.7.1-04-x86_64.pkg.tar.lz
+##  4c5a11c7ef4b03f29a092684151537d1782fc6d5b22929f18bd9eb5a3853bfcb  libcurl-compat-8.7.1-04-x86_64.pkg.tar.lz
+##  1c3125ba91f3bdcb3a0752770f8d78281f1eb3957683375d1591058d3045bf82  libcurl-gnutls-8.7.1-04-x86_64.pkg.tar.lz
 
-##  
diff --git a/curl/PKGBUILD-arch b/curl/PKGBUILD-arch
index 4ce328b..7e9d692 100644
--- a/curl/PKGBUILD-arch
+++ b/curl/PKGBUILD-arch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 pkgbase=curl
 pkgname=(curl libcurl-compat libcurl-gnutls)
 pkgver=8.7.1
-pkgrel=3
+pkgrel=4
 pkgdesc='command line tool and library for transferring data with URLs'
 arch=('x86_64')
 url='https://curl.se/'
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ makedepends=('git' 'patchelf')
 checkdepends=('valgrind')
 validpgpkeys=('27EDEAF22F3ABCEB50DB9A125CC908FDB71E12C2') # Daniel Stenberg
 source=("git+https://github.com/curl/curl.git#tag=curl-${pkgver//./_}?signed"
-        '0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch'
-        '0002-brotli-and-others-simply-pass-through-0-length-writes.patch')
+        '0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch')
 sha512sums=('38b55dc916a64a1fd40a8af3e9a694ae918f8efb714430834491ebbe0ceeee4b58ba804afa15da966cbcf9cd7100ce373aed7b2101dff56f742996072caaf09a'
-            '51df4903eff9f1a15b1317ea4a8ee2b8537f347984f2524f42213b09344cd6109c621a4b81b37d2fcf2027387bb81cf0a744a48e96b86c4e268c43261ff86845'
-            '6bb9bf70eacef55a91ed0cec5edd8887af9a7ef6e6d819624c6c532360fe1f524aa9b2417496fcdca54e1ede22bc542c6581d420b068b5c24da932ea03426106')
+            '51df4903eff9f1a15b1317ea4a8ee2b8537f347984f2524f42213b09344cd6109c621a4b81b37d2fcf2027387bb81cf0a744a48e96b86c4e268c43261ff86845')
 
 _backports=(
+  # content_encoding: brotli and others, pass through 0-length writes
+  'b30d694a027eb771c02a3db0dee0ca03ccab7377'
 )
 
 _reverts=(
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ prepare() {
   done
 
   patch -Np1 < ../0001-bump-version-to-match-last-tag.patch
-  patch -Np1 < ../0002-brotli-and-others-simply-pass-through-0-length-writes.patch
 
   # no '-DEV' in version, release date from tagged commit...
   sed -i \
diff --git a/curl/deps b/curl/deps
index 591359b..c121555 100644
--- a/curl/deps
+++ b/curl/deps
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ patchelf
 git
 autoconf
 automake
-libnghttp3
 valgrind