diff --git a/config/rootfiles/packages/iotop b/config/rootfiles/packages/iotop
index 356541e22..bd751347a 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/packages/iotop
+++ b/config/rootfiles/packages/iotop
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 usr/sbin/iotop
-usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/iotop-0.6-py3.10.egg
+#usr/share/man/man8/iotop.8
diff --git a/lfs/iotop b/lfs/iotop
index dd9deb2e4..1dc44eaef 100644
--- a/lfs/iotop
+++ b/lfs/iotop
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2022  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = Top Like UI to Show Per-Process I/O Going on
 
-VER        = 0.6
+VER        = 1.22
 
 THISAPP    = iotop-$(VER)
-DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
+DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.xz
 DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 
 PROG       = iotop
-PAK_VER    = 4
+PAK_VER    = 5
 DEPS       =
 
 SERVICES   =
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = eb2293f3beb196efafb04f7254a241d5a904cf4bd97673f774dfc0db1e77156e49d28c4eda289beb814965fd55acd8adbc2749c1fbb1791a29020255110b2b2f
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 59ceff92600f6f9ff080d02ea10a796a2b6f05ccbb663ac2eed9a7d5c7f6a44de329307bc45605b3415804ef3b2d0699afdaeb1c22604276ce15fc606304ef70
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -80,13 +80,8 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
-	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/iotop-0.6-replace-itervalues-with-values-in-setup.py.patch
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && python3 setup.py install
-	
-	# iotop with python-3.10.8 is placing iotop in /usr/bin
-	# move iotop from /usr/bin to /usr/sbin
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && mv -v /usr/bin/iotop /usr/sbin
-	
+	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
 	@$(POSTBUILD)