diff --git a/packages/calcurse/build.sh b/packages/calcurse/build.sh
index 1f853837b..80348d81a 100644
--- a/packages/calcurse/build.sh
+++ b/packages/calcurse/build.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://calcurse.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="calcurse is a calendar and scheduling application for the command line"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 2-Clause"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=4.3.0
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=31ecc3dc09e1e561502b4c94f965ed6b167c03e9418438c4a7ad5bad2c785f9a
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=4.4.0
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=edcbc9dbcdfe3aba43ac70b8d6895fb0ff4a364df89762d1ca3053a14cec826f
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://fossies.org/linux/privat/calcurse-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-support, ncurses"
 
diff --git a/packages/calcurse/io.c.patch b/packages/calcurse/io.c.patch
index f7c6b9868..830e3974f 100644
--- a/packages/calcurse/io.c.patch
+++ b/packages/calcurse/io.c.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
---- ../../cache/calcurse-4.1.0/src/io.c	2016-03-27 12:26:18.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./src/io.c	2016-05-09 00:00:16.402558225 +0200
-@@ -1430,4 +1430,3 @@ void io_stop_psave_thread(void)
- 	io_save_mutex_lock();
+diff -u -r ../calcurse-4.4.0/src/io.c ./src/io.c
+--- ../calcurse-4.4.0/src/io.c	2019-02-04 20:44:04.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/io.c	2019-03-01 20:49:16.393057747 +0000
+@@ -1399,7 +1399,6 @@
+ 	EXIT_IF(delay < 0, _("Invalid delay"));
+ 	char *mesg = _("Periodic save: data files have changed. Save cancelled.");
+ 
+-	pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, NULL);
+ 	for (;;) {
+ 		sleep(delay * MININSEC);
+ 		pthread_mutex_lock(&io_periodic_save_mutex);
+@@ -1424,8 +1423,7 @@
+ 
+ 	/* Lock the mutex to avoid cancelling the thread during saving. */
+ 	pthread_mutex_lock(&io_periodic_save_mutex);
 -	pthread_cancel(io_t_psave);
 -	pthread_join(io_t_psave, NULL);
 +	pthread_kill(io_t_psave, 0);
- 	io_save_mutex_unlock();
+ 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&io_periodic_save_mutex);
+ 	io_t_psave = pthread_self();
+ }
diff --git a/packages/calcurse/notify.c.patch b/packages/calcurse/notify.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eacd8379c..000000000
--- a/packages/calcurse/notify.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- ../../cache/calcurse-4.1.0/src/notify.c	2016-03-27 12:26:18.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./src/notify.c	2016-05-09 00:01:31.495324279 +0200
-@@ -193,4 +193,3 @@ void notify_stop_main_thread(void)
- 	if (notify_t_main) {
--		pthread_cancel(notify_t_main);
--		pthread_join(notify_t_main, NULL);
-+		pthread_kill(notify_t_main, 0);
- 	}
diff --git a/packages/calcurse/src-notify.c.patch b/packages/calcurse/src-notify.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6da91aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calcurse/src-notify.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -u -r ../calcurse-4.4.0/src/notify.c ./src/notify.c
+--- ../calcurse-4.4.0/src/notify.c	2019-01-18 22:38:58.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/notify.c	2019-03-01 20:45:55.019585998 +0000
+@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@
+ 	if (pthread_equal(notify_t_main, pthread_self()))
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	pthread_cancel(notify_t_main);
+-	pthread_join(notify_t_main, NULL);
++	pthread_kill(notify_t_main, 0);
+ 	notify_t_main = pthread_self();
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/packages/calcurse/src-ui-calendar.c.patch b/packages/calcurse/src-ui-calendar.c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5489c43fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/calcurse/src-ui-calendar.c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -u -r ../calcurse-4.4.0/src/ui-calendar.c ./src/ui-calendar.c
+--- ../calcurse-4.4.0/src/ui-calendar.c	2019-01-18 22:38:58.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/ui-calendar.c	2019-03-01 20:47:58.622033795 +0000
+@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@
+ 	if (pthread_equal(ui_calendar_t_date, pthread_self()))
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	pthread_cancel(ui_calendar_t_date);
+-	pthread_join(ui_calendar_t_date, NULL);
++	pthread_kill(ui_calendar_t_date, 0);
+ 	ui_calendar_t_date = pthread_self();
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/packages/calcurse/ui-calendar.c.patch b/packages/calcurse/ui-calendar.c.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b163a349..000000000
--- a/packages/calcurse/ui-calendar.c.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
---- ../../cache/calcurse-4.1.0/src/ui-calendar.c	2016-03-27 12:26:18.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./src/ui-calendar.c	2016-05-09 00:01:52.327536161 +0200
-@@ -145,4 +145,3 @@ void ui_calendar_stop_date_thread(void)
- 	if (ui_calendar_t_date) {
--		pthread_cancel(ui_calendar_t_date);
--		pthread_join(ui_calendar_t_date, NULL);
-+		pthread_kill(ui_calendar_t_date, 0);
- 	}