diff --git a/build/gnupg/build.sh b/build/gnupg/build.sh
index 69aba673c..7fe67ef3c 100755
--- a/build/gnupg/build.sh
+++ b/build/gnupg/build.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ PATH+=":$DEPROOT$PREFIX/bin"
 
 download_source $PROG $PROG $VER
 patch_source
-run_autoreconf -fi
 build
 install_execattr
 run_testsuite check
diff --git a/build/gnupg/local.mog b/build/gnupg/local.mog
index 1f019096a..0162dd3df 100644
--- a/build/gnupg/local.mog
+++ b/build/gnupg/local.mog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ license ../pinentry-$(PINENTRY)/COPYING license=GPLv2
 dir group=bin mode=0755 owner=root path=etc/$(PREFIX)
 
 <transform path=$(PREFIX)/share/(?:doc|info) -> drop>
+<transform path=$(PREFIX)/share/man/manh -> drop>
 
 # gpg needs the proc_lock_memory privilege in order to be able to lock a
 # memory segment. If it can't do that, it utters
diff --git a/build/gnupg/patches/gcc14.patch b/build/gnupg/patches/gcc14.patch
index 47a0abed1..0d59c9dd6 100644
--- a/build/gnupg/patches/gcc14.patch
+++ b/build/gnupg/patches/gcc14.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
-diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/acinclude.m4 a/acinclude.m4
---- a~/acinclude.m4	1970-01-01 00:00:00
-+++ a/acinclude.m4	1970-01-01 00:00:00
-@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([GNUPG_CHECK_ENDIAN],
-          not big endian
-         #endif]])], gnupg_cv_c_endian=big, gnupg_cv_c_endian=little)])
-         if test "$gnupg_cv_c_endian" = unknown; then
--            AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[main () {
-+            AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[#include <stdlib.h>
-+              int main (void) {
+unfortunately we need to patch configure instead of acinclude.m4
+as running autoconf will lead to gnupg being flagged as dev release
+
+./gpg --version
+gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.7-unknown
+libgcrypt 1.11.0
+NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT VERSION!
+It is only intended for test purposes and should NOT be
+used in a production environment or with production keys!
+
+diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/configure a/configure
+--- a~/configure	1970-01-01 00:00:00
++++ a/configure	1970-01-01 00:00:00
+@@ -14096,7 +14096,8 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_obj
+ else
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+-main () {
++#include <stdlib.h>
++int main (void) {
                /* Are we little or big endian?  From Harbison&Steele.  */
                union
                {
diff --git a/build/gnupg/patches/no-html-doc.patch b/build/gnupg/patches/no-html-doc.patch
index 73255483c..4497aa98d 100644
--- a/build/gnupg/patches/no-html-doc.patch
+++ b/build/gnupg/patches/no-html-doc.patch
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
-diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/doc/Makefile.am a/doc/Makefile.am
---- a~/doc/Makefile.am	1970-01-01 00:00:00
-+++ a/doc/Makefile.am	1970-01-01 00:00:00
-@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ myhtmlman_pages = \
+see comment in gcc14.patch
+
+diff -wpruN --no-dereference '--exclude=*.orig' a~/doc/Makefile.in a/doc/Makefile.in
+--- a~/doc/Makefile.in	1970-01-01 00:00:00
++++ a/doc/Makefile.in	1970-01-01 00:00:00
+@@ -538,11 +538,11 @@ myhtmlman_pages = \
                  gpg-wks-server.1.html \
  		dirmngr-client.1.html gpg-card.1.html gpg-check-pattern.1.html
  
 -man_MANS = $(myman_pages) gnupg.7 gnupg.7.html
 +man_MANS = $(myman_pages) gnupg.7
- 
  watchgnupg_SOURCE = gnupg.texi
- 
-@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ watchgnupg_SOURCE = gnupg.texi
  CLEANFILES = yat2m mkdefsinc defs.inc
- 
  DISTCLEANFILES = gnupg.tmp gnupg.ops yat2m-stamp.tmp yat2m-stamp \
 -		 $(myman_pages) gnupg.7 gnupg.7.html $(myhtmlman_pages)
 +		 $(myman_pages) gnupg.7
  
- yat2m: yat2m.c
- 	$(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o $@ $(srcdir)/yat2m.c
-@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ yat2m-stamp: $(myman_sources) defs.inc
+ all: $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+ 	$(MAKE) $(AM_MAKEFLAGS) all-am
+@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ yat2m-stamp: $(myman_sources) defs.inc
  
  yat2m-stamp: $(YAT2M)