diff --git a/srcpkgs/nickle/template b/srcpkgs/nickle/template
index bb7970ac2bd..5dd8e62c2ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nickle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nickle/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'nickle'
 pkgname=nickle
-version=2.96
+version=2.97
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="readline-devel"
@@ -10,13 +10,8 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://nickle.org/"
 changelog="https://keithp.com/cgit/nickle.git/log/"
 distfiles="https://nickle.org/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f5edaba2c169ad4a335b0da241e316f1be40b71ca58302812d9f1ecbc74f5e06
+checksum=e2d6434d1216aeec552932828f9aed52f326bd12d8e06cae0f0de4a119d40a3f
 
-pre_build() {
-	make CC="$BUILD_CC" CFLAGS="$BUILD_CFLAGS" \
-		LD="ld" LDFLAGS="$BUILD_LDFLAGS" LIBS="-lm" \
-		-C test math-tables
-}
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/share/examples
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/nickle/examples ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/examples/nickle