diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/pinentry/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index 76418ee5dce..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-case ${ACTION} in
-post)
-	ln -sf pinentry-curses usr/bin/pinentry
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/REMOVE b/srcpkgs/pinentry/REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index f2cbad58024..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-case ${ACTION} in
-purge)
-	rm -f usr/bin/pinentry
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/pinentry-gtk.INSTALL b/srcpkgs/pinentry/pinentry-gtk.INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index b6b6458aaf6..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/pinentry-gtk.INSTALL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-case ${ACTION} in
-post)
-	ln -sf pinentry-gtk-2 usr/bin/pinentry
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/pinentry-gtk.REMOVE b/srcpkgs/pinentry/pinentry-gtk.REMOVE
deleted file mode 100644
index 21fe61014c3..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/pinentry-gtk.REMOVE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-case ${ACTION} in
-purge)
-	rm -f usr/bin/pinentry
-	[ -f usr/bin/pinentry-curses ] && ln -sf pinentry-curses usr/bin/pinentry
-	;;
-esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pinentry/template b/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
index 4cbefdc24e1..bc98d8a4110 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pinentry/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'pinentry'
 pkgname=pinentry
 version=1.1.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-rpath --without-libcap --disable-pinentry-gtk
  --enable-pinentry-curses --enable-fallback-curses --enable-pinentry-gtk2
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ short_desc="PIN or passphrase entry dialogs for GnuPG"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/index.html"
-distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+distfiles="https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=68076686fa724a290ea49cdf0d1c0c1500907d1b759a3bcbfbec0293e8f56570
 
+alternatives="pinentry:pinentry:/usr/bin/pinentry-curses"
+
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools"
 fi
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ post_install() {
 pinentry-tty_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" for dumb terminals"
+	alternatives="pinentry:pinentry:/usr/bin/pinentry-tty"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-tty
 	}
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ pinentry-tty_package() {
 pinentry-qt_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" based on Qt"
+	alternatives="pinentry:pinentry:/usr/bin/pinentry-qt"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-qt
 	}
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ pinentry-qt_package() {
 pinentry-gtk_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" based on GTK+"
+	alternatives="pinentry:pinentry:/usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-gtk-2
 	}
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ pinentry-gtk_package() {
 pinentry-emacs_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - Emacs interface"
+	alternatives="pinentry:pinentry:/usr/bin/pinentry-emacs"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-emacs
 	}
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@ pinentry-emacs_package() {
 pinentry-gnome_package() {
 	depends="libgnome-keyring ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" for the GNOME desktop"
+	alternatives="pinentry:pinentry:/usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin/pinentry-gnome3
 	}