diff --git a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
index 6540a9feaf..6f3453670c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Mckinley Olsen <mck.olsen@gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 David Craven <david@craven.ch>
@@ -65,22 +65,21 @@ (define-module (gnu packages terminals)
 (define-public tilda
   (package
     (name "tilda")
-    (version "1.3.3")
+    (version "1.4.1")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append "https://github.com/lanoxx/tilda/archive/"
                                   "tilda-" version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1cc4qbg1m3i04lj5p6i6xbd0zvy1320pxdgmjhz5p3j95ibsbfki"))))
+                "0w2hry2bqcqrkik4l100b1a9jlsih6sq8zwhfpl8zzfq20i00lfs"))))
     (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
     (arguments
-     `(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                 (add-before 'patch-source-shebangs 'autogen
-                  (lambda _       ; Avoid running ./configure.
-                   (substitute* "autogen.sh"
-                                (("^.*\\$srcdir/configure.*") ""))
-                   (zero? (system* "sh" "autogen.sh")))))))
+     '(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+                 (add-before 'patch-source-shebangs 'bootstrap
+                  (lambda _
+                    (setenv "NOCONFIGURE" "true")
+                    (invoke "sh" "autogen.sh"))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("autoconf" ,autoconf)
        ("automake" ,automake)