diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template b/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template
index 205db6240b7..c4a4c9cafbd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pycountry/template
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pycountry'
 pkgname=python-pycountry
-version=18.12.8
-revision=2
+version=19.8.18
+revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="pycountry-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="pycountry"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python"
 short_desc="ISO databases accessible from Python2"
@@ -13,12 +12,11 @@ maintainer="Farhad Shahbazi <grauwolf@geekosphere.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://pypi.org/project/pycountry/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pycountry/pycountry-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8ec4020b2b15cd410893d573820d42ee12fe50365332e58c0975c953b60a16de
+checksum=3c57aa40adcf293d59bebaffbe60d8c39976fba78d846a018dc0c2ec9c6cb3cb
 
 python3-pycountry_package() {
 	archs=noarch
 	depends="python3"
-	pycompile_module="pycountry"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*