diff --git a/srcpkgs/nano/template b/srcpkgs/nano/template
index bba6c6cedbe..633d5eef726 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nano/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nano/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nano'
 pkgname=nano
-version=8.0
+version=8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-utf8"
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.nano-editor.org/"
 changelog="https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/nano.git/plain/NEWS"
 distfiles="https://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v${version%%.*}/nano-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=c17f43fc0e37336b33ee50a209c701d5beb808adc2d9f089ca831b40539c9ac4
+checksum=93b3e3e9155ae389fe9ccf9cb7ab380eac29602835ba3077b22f64d0f0cbe8cb
 
 post_install() {
 	vsconf doc/sample.nanorc
-	ln -s nano ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/enano
 }