diff --git a/srcpkgs/nomacs/template b/srcpkgs/nomacs/template
index 466310e954d..83cb5c63b50 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nomacs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nomacs/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'nomacs'
 pkgname=nomacs
 version=3.17.2287
-revision=3
+revision=4
 _plugins_ver=3.17.2285
 build_wrksrc=ImageLounge
 build_style=cmake
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ checksum="6905ea615358f84a0c83d5b1b7077871dea0526ec667500a1951448cb845a92c
 skip_extraction="plugins.tar.gz"
 
 post_extract() {
- cd ${build_wrksrc}
- vsrcextract -C plugins "plugins.tar.gz"
+	cd ${build_wrksrc}
+	vsrcextract -C plugins "plugins.tar.gz"
+}
+
+post_patch() {
+	# XXX: remove this when updating, it no longer requires git as of 3.17.2295
+	vsed -i -e "s/import subprocess/return '${version}'/" ../scripts/versionupdate.py
 }