diff --git a/srcpkgs/libX11/depends b/srcpkgs/libX11/depends
index 4704e445484..d53122dc9dd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libX11/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/libX11/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 abi_depends=">=1.2"
-api_depends=">=1.4.4_1" # fixed rundeps in -devel subpkg.
+api_depends=">=1.4.99.1" # required by xinput 2.2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libX11/libX11-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libX11/libX11-devel.template
index e53a0d5adc1..0573773cc3a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libX11/libX11-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libX11/libX11-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Template file for 'libX11-devel'.
 #
-revision=1
 short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libX11/template b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
index 785dc18ecf3..216e2fa2e5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libX11/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libX11/template
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # Template build file for 'libX11'.
 pkgname=libX11
-version=1.4.4
+version=1.4.99.1
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/lib/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-ipv6 --enable-xlocaledir --without-xmlto
 --disable-secure-rpc --enable-loadable-i18n"
-revision=2
 short_desc="Base X libraries from modular Xorg X11"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/"
 license="MIT"
-checksum=7fe62180f08ef5f0a0062fb444591e349cae2ab5af6ad834599f5c654e6c840d
+checksum=ede2880958814004d44a1c3a00e111d3175c5961fab0f6c58a7f43e1a3a404fc
 long_desc="
  This is the libX11 library that is the C binding to the X protocol. It
  is the foundation of practically every X Window System program out there.
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ Add_dependency build xtrans
 Add_dependency build xcmiscproto
 Add_dependency build kbproto
 Add_dependency build bigreqsproto
-Add_dependency build inputproto
+Add_dependency build inputproto	">=2.2"
 Add_dependency build xf86bigfontproto
 Add_dependency build libxcb-devel