diff --git a/srcpkgs/moe/template b/srcpkgs/moe/template
index 8f6e7ae79a6..af03d7029a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/moe/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/moe/template
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'moe'
 pkgname=moe
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 conf_files="/etc/moerc"
 hostmakedepends="lzip"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="Powerful and user-friendly text editor"
-maintainer="beefcurtains <beefcurtains@voidlinux.eu>"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/moe/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.lz"
-checksum=33ba66f948353c105232e9c8b2da8dc7b6ddc8cdff4beb3e3f55d78bc3acf1bb
+checksum=7eff4ef2197d8febec99ad4efd4e277b1f3b7d4660f75e3b42b8818bc6bb6457
 
 do_configure() {
+	sed -e '/^CXX=/d;/^CXXFLAGS=/d;/^LDFLAGS=/d' -i configure
 	# Custom configure script, doesn't support cross compiling
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
 }