diff --git a/srcpkgs/newt/template b/srcpkgs/newt/template
index 14655c2a10f..204f714be18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newt/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'newt'
 pkgname=newt
 version=0.52.21
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="python-devel python3-devel"
 makedepends="slang-devel popt-devel python3-devel python-devel"
 short_desc="Library for color text mode, widget based user interfaces"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="LGPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://pagure.io/newt/"
 distfiles="https://pagure.io/releases/newt/newt-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=265eb46b55d7eaeb887fca7a1d51fe115658882dfe148164b6c49fccac5abb31
@@ -24,14 +24,12 @@ newt-devel_package() {
 }
 newt-python_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - Python2 bindings"
-	pycompile_module="snake.py"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python2*
 	}
 }
 newt-python3_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - Python3 bindings"
-	pycompile_module="snake.py"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*
 	}