diff --git a/main/socat/APKBUILD b/main/socat/APKBUILD
index 06c671ed0b850a5f16dfd891c68908fe241fe7dd..29041d90b2e9ae809799bd6ffca15fc8f786b6d4 100644
--- a/main/socat/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/socat/APKBUILD
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Contributor: Sheila Aman <sheila@vulpine.house>
 # Maintainer: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
 pkgname=socat
-pkgver=1.7.4.3
-pkgrel=1
+pkgver=1.7.4.4
+pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="Multipurpose relay for binary protocols"
 # test  58 CHILDDEFAULT: child process default properties... FAILED:
 # ./socat -t 0.1  -u exec:./procan -
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ source="http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/download/socat-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	"
 
 build() {
-	# Just like Solaris, musl doesn't have getprotobynumber_r.
-	# Setting the configure variable to 2 ensures it isn't used.
-	sc_cv_getprotobynumber_r=2 \
 	./configure \
 		--build=$CBUILD \
 		--host=$CHOST \
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ package() {
 }
 
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