diff --git a/srcpkgs/zstd-devel b/srcpkgs/zstd-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 613f917fd7c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/zstd-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-zstd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zstd/template b/srcpkgs/zstd/template
index a6b55ee0841..12026d21635 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zstd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zstd/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'zstd'
 pkgname=zstd
-version=1.3.7
+version=1.3.8
 revision=1
-short_desc="Fast real-time compression algorithm - CLI tool"
-makedepends="zlib-devel liblzma-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel liblzma-devel liblz4-devel"
 checkdepends="gtest-devel"
+short_desc="Fast real-time compression algorithm - CLI tool"
 maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.zstd.net"
 distfiles="https://github.com/facebook/zstd/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5dd1e90eb16c25425880c8a91327f63de22891ffed082fcc17e5ae84fce0d5fb
+checksum=90d902a1282cc4e197a8023b6d6e8d331c1fd1dfe60f7f8e4ee9da40da886dc3
 
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
@@ -47,9 +47,3 @@ libzstd-devel_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 	}
 }
-
-zstd-devel_package() {
-	build_style=meta
-	short_desc="Fast real-time compression algorithm - development files (transitional dummy package)"
-	depends="libzstd-devel>=${version}_${revision}"
-}