diff --git a/srcpkgs/mawk/template b/srcpkgs/mawk/template
index 86119c8b5dc..54de7772b46 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mawk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mawk/template
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'mawk'
 pkgname=mawk
 _distver=1.3.4
-_datever=20161120
+_datever=20171017
 version=${_distver}.${_datever}
 revision=1
 build_style="gnu-configure"
 short_desc="An interpreter for the AWK Programming Language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html"
 distfiles="http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/mawk/mawk-${_distver}-${_datever}.tgz"
-checksum=361ec1bb4968c1f1f3b91b77493cf11b31c73ff8516f95db30e4dc28de180c1e
-wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_distver}-${_datever}
+checksum=db17115d1ed18ed1607c8b93291db9ccd4fe5e0f30d2928c3c5d127b23ec9e5b
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_distver}-${_datever}"
 
 provides="awk-0_1"
 alternatives="
  awk:awk:/usr/bin/mawk
- awk:awk.1:/usr/share/man/man1/mawk.1"
+ awk:awk.1:/usr/share/man/man1/mawk.1
+"