diff --git a/srcpkgs/pugixml/template b/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
index 0eb99edfd22..bfd390c3557 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pugixml/template
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'pugixml'
 pkgname=pugixml
-version=1.8.1
-revision=2
+version=1.9
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On -DBUILD_PKGCONFIG=On"
 short_desc="Light-weight, simple and fast XML parser for C++ with XPath support"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://pugixml.org/"
-distfiles="http://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v${version}/pugixml-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=00d974a1308e85ca0677a981adc1b2855cb060923181053fb0abf4e2f37b8f39
-configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On -DBUILD_PKGCONFIG=On"
-wrksrc=$pkgname-1.8
+distfiles="http://github.com/zeux/pugixml/releases/download/v${version}/pugixml-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d156d35b83f680e40fd6412c4455fdd03544339779134617b9b28d19e11fdba6
 
 post_install() {
-	tail -25 readme.txt > LICENSE
+	tail -22 readme.txt > LICENSE
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }