diff --git a/develop/cgit/cgit.conf b/develop/cgit/cgit.conf
index 0b27f7dae..9201bf280 100644
--- a/develop/cgit/cgit.conf
+++ b/develop/cgit/cgit.conf
@@ -12,22 +12,11 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-custextract=cgit_extract
 makeinstopt=
 
 hook_add premake 5 'cgit_extract_git'
 hook_add postmake 5 'cgit_install'
 
-cgit_extract()
-{
-	local taropt_orig="$taropt"
-
-	mkdir -p "$pkg-$ver"
-	taropt="-C $pkg-$ver $taropt"
-	autoextract_tar_bz2 "$@"
-	taropt="$taropt_orig"
-}
-
 #FIXME: try to use the installed git if possible
 cgit_extract_git()
 {
@@ -48,5 +37,5 @@ cgit_install()
 	chmod +x cgit.cgi
 
 	cp -a cgit $root$sbindir
-	cp -a cgitrc README cgit.{css,png,cgi} $root$docdir
+	cp -a cgitrc.5.txt README cgit.{css,png,cgi} $root$docdir
 }
diff --git a/develop/cgit/cgit.desc b/develop/cgit/cgit.desc
index 49ee04323..a8c80ab87 100644
--- a/develop/cgit/cgit.desc
+++ b/develop/cgit/cgit.desc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.8.0-pre-dd80ef59
+[V] 0.8.1
 [P] X -----5---9 800.000
 
-[D] 630313126 cgit-0.8.0-pre-dd80ef59.tar.bz2 !http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/snapshot/cgit-dd80ef59.tar.bz2?id=dd80ef59
+[D] 1077988952 cgit-v0.8.1.tar.bz2 !http://hjemli.net/git/cgit/snapshot/cgit-v0.8.1.tar.bz2?id=v0.8.1
diff --git a/develop/cgit/head.patch b/develop/cgit/head.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fe76dc21a..000000000
--- a/develop/cgit/head.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../cgit/head.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-diff --git a/ui-tree.c b/ui-tree.c
-index 79332fc..b24f693 100644
---- a/ui-tree.c
-+++ b/ui-tree.c
-@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ static void print_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *path)
- 	html(" (");
- 	cgit_plain_link("plain", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head,
- 		        curr_rev, path);
-+	html(") (");
-+	cgit_tree_link("HEAD", NULL, NULL, ctx.qry.head, NULL, path);
- 	htmlf(")<br/>blob: %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
- 
- 	html("<table summary='blob content' class='blob'>\n");