diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
index 13b2901a98..ef3fb62fae 100755
--- a/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/package.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash ../.port_include.sh
 port=ncurses
-version=git
-workdir=ncurses-master
+version=6.1
 useconfigure=true
-curlopts="-L"
-files="https://github.com/mirror/ncurses/archive/master.tar.gz ncurses-git.tar.gz"
+files="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz ncurses-6.1.tar.gz"
diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/patches/allow-serenity-os-ncurses.patch b/Ports/ncurses/patches/allow-serenity-os-ncurses.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d5c4ad5c16..0000000000
--- a/Ports/ncurses/patches/allow-serenity-os-ncurses.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/config.sub b/config.sub
-index 5b158ac4..cfd2eb81 100755
---- a/config.sub
-+++ b/config.sub
-@@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@ case $os in
- 	# Each alternative MUST end in a * to match a version number.
- 	# sysv* is not here because it comes later, after sysvr4.
- 	gnu* | bsd* | mach* | minix* | genix* | ultrix* | irix* \
-+	     | serenity* \
- 	     | *vms* | esix* | aix* | cnk* | sunos | sunos[34]*\
- 	     | hpux* | unos* | osf* | luna* | dgux* | auroraux* | solaris* \
- 	     | sym* | kopensolaris* | plan9* \
diff --git a/Ports/ncurses/patches/config.sub.patch b/Ports/ncurses/patches/config.sub.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d81db6d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Ports/ncurses/patches/config.sub.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./config.sub	2017-11-25 20:49:31.000000000 +0000
++++ ./config.sub.serenity	2019-11-11 14:08:38.274752900 +0000
+@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@
+ 	-gnu* | -bsd* | -mach* | -minix* | -genix* | -ultrix* | -irix* \
+ 	      | -*vms* | -sco* | -esix* | -isc* | -aix* | -cnk* | -sunos | -sunos[34]*\
+ 	      | -hpux* | -unos* | -osf* | -luna* | -dgux* | -auroraux* | -solaris* \
+-	      | -sym* | -kopensolaris* | -plan9* \
++	      | -sym* | -kopensolaris* | -plan9* | -serenity* \
+ 	      | -amigaos* | -amigados* | -msdos* | -newsos* | -unicos* | -aof* \
+ 	      | -aos* | -aros* | -cloudabi* | -sortix* \
+ 	      | -nindy* | -vxsim* | -vxworks* | -ebmon* | -hms* | -mvs* \