diff --git a/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml b/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml
index 9b998aeff3..51a12fe5eb 100644
--- a/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-plugins/whysynth/metadata.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
 	<upstream>
-		<remote-id type="github">smbolton/whysynth</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="github">theabolton/whysynth</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 		WhySynth is a versatile softsynth which operates as a plugin for the DSSI Soft Synth Interface. A brief list of features:
diff --git a/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild b/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323-r1.ebuild
similarity index 50%
rename from media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild
rename to media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323-r1.ebuild
index 62a8ae8403..14be37c3b2 100644
--- a/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/whysynth/whysynth-20170701_p20180323-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,32 +1,41 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI=7
+EAPI=8
 
 inherit autotools
 
 DESCRIPTION="A software synthesizer plugin for the DSSI Soft Synth Interface"
-HOMEPAGE="http://smbolton.com/whysynth.html https://github.com/smbolton/whysynth"
+HOMEPAGE="https://smbolton.com/whysynth.html https://github.com/theabolton/whysynth"
 WHYSYNTH_COMMIT="32e4bc73baa554bb1844b3165e657911f43f3568"
-SRC_URI="https://github.com/smbolton/${PN}/archive/${WHYSYNTH_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/theabolton/${PN}/archive/${WHYSYNTH_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${PN}-${WHYSYNTH_COMMIT}"
 
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
 
-DEPEND="media-libs/dssi
-	media-libs/liblo
-	sci-libs/fftw:3.0
-	x11-libs/gtk+:2
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/glib:2
+	media-libs/alsa-lib
+	media-libs/dssi
 	media-libs/ladspa-sdk
-	media-libs/alsa-lib"
+	media-libs/liblo
+	sci-libs/fftw:3.0=
+	x11-libs/cairo
+	x11-libs/gtk+:2
+"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_prepare() {
-	./autogen.sh
+	./autogen.sh || die
 	default
 	eautoreconf
 }
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	find "${ED}" -type f -name '*.la' -delete || die
+}