diff --git a/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/patches/include-time_h.patch b/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/patches/include-time_h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 986c3dd8149448..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/patches/include-time_h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/Maelstrom-netd.c	2021-02-01 16:46:31.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/Maelstrom-netd.c	2021-02-08 10:34:17.661600013 +0100
-@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
- #include <netinet/in.h>
- #include <arpa/inet.h>
- #include <netdb.h>
-+#include <time.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- 
- /* We wait in a loop for players to connect and tell us how many people
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/patches/struct-button-typedef.patch b/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/patches/struct-button-typedef.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 178c9cdaa0ca74..00000000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/patches/struct-button-typedef.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- a/buttonlist.h	2000-01-25 17:41:32.000000000 +0100
-+++ b/buttonlist.h	2021-02-08 10:38:39.377296739 +0100
-@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
- 
- 	void Add_Button(Uint16 x, Uint16 y, Uint16 width, Uint16 height, 
- 						void (*callback)(void)) {
--		struct button *belem;
-+		ButtonList::button *belem;
- 		
- 		for ( belem=&button_list; belem->next; belem=belem->next );
- 		belem->next = new button;
-@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
- 	}
- 
- 	void Activate_Button(Uint16 x, Uint16 y) {
--		struct button *belem;
-+		ButtonList::button *belem;
- 
- 		for ( belem=button_list.next; belem; belem=belem->next ) {
- 			if ( (x >= belem->x1) && (x <= belem->x2) &&
-@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
- 	}
- 
- 	void Delete_Buttons(void) {
--		struct button *belem, *btemp;
-+		ButtonList::button *belem, *btemp;
- 
- 		for ( belem=button_list.next; belem; ) {
- 			btemp = belem;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/template b/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/template
index 68f1ce33cddeb5..d4e0dfac6983f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Maelstrom/template
@@ -1,35 +1,26 @@
 # Template file for 'Maelstrom'
 pkgname=Maelstrom
-version=3.0.7
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool SDL2_net-devel"
-makedepends="SDL2_net-devel"
-short_desc="Guide your ship through the Maelstrom asteroid belt"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+version=4.0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DSTEAM=OFF -DUSE_VENDORED_SDL=OFF -DSTANDALONE_INSTALL=OFF"
+makedepends="SDL3-devel"
+short_desc="Guide your ship through the \"Maelstrom\" asteroid belt"
+maintainer="orahcio <orahcio@gmail.com>"
+license="Zlib"
 homepage="https://www.libsdl.org/projects/Maelstrom/"
-distfiles="https://www.libsdl.org/projects/Maelstrom/src/Maelstrom-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=93680322f4b04d4727ea8e0b461f259b604dc69e7465cb91d2b9aad378a9a036
-broken="Certificate verification failed for /CN=libsdl.org on builders"
+_physfs_commit="49cfd5fdd46f38b4c2611556b44ee9b0d308e162" # Maelstrom links this commit
+_sdlnet_commit="5af3b068ea13f888be954801c0b8c17993811850" # idem
+distfiles="https://github.com/libsdl-org/Maelstrom/archive/refs/tags/release-${version}.tar.gz
+	https://github.com/icculus/physfs/archive/${_physfs_commit}.tar.gz>physfs-49cfd5f.tar.gz
+	https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_net/archive/${_sdlnet_commit}.tar.gz>sdlnet-5af3b06.tar.gz"
+checksum="ed4e5d84aa4a6d57a447d46d74d6641bac595b6d67ee5ab725f053300972574d
+ 4a7cef19b0794b2631a43e1b53edaf4f7aa75a139526d4abc866d20ecda87646
+ 3c382a676738207e2556793e724543a8b44b0b0b564c8af9bb3c04ceac7f9730"
 
-CXXFLAGS="-Wno-error -Wno-write-strings -Wno-unused-result"
+skip_extraction="physfs-49cfd5f.tar.gz sdlnet-5af3b06.tar.gz"
 
-post_patch() {
-	awk '/^# KDE Config File$/{p=1;next} /^__EOF__$/{exit} p{print}' Maelstrom.spec.in > Maelstrom.desktop
-	vsed -i -e 's/\[KDE Desktop Entry\]/[Desktop Entry]/' Maelstrom.desktop
-}
-
-pre_configure() {
-	mv configure.{in,ac}
-	./autogen.sh
-}
-
-post_install() {
-	make target=${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/$pkgname install_gamedocs
-	vbin Maelstrom
-	vmkdir usr/share/applications
-	vinstall Maelstrom.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
-	vmkdir usr/share/pixmaps
-	ln -s ../$pkgname/icon.xpm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/pixmaps/$pkgname.xpm
+post_extract() {
+	vsrcextract -C "${wrksrc}/external/physfs" physfs-49cfd5f.tar.gz
+	vsrcextract -C "${wrksrc}/external/SDL_net" sdlnet-5af3b06.tar.gz
 }