diff --git a/srcpkgs/cbang/template b/srcpkgs/cbang/template
index 63388b2aa82..9357bdc0d70 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cbang/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cbang/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'cbang'
 pkgname=cbang
 version=1.6.0
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=scons
 make_build_args="sharedlib=1 staticlib=1"
 make_install_args="${make_build_args}"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="boost-devel bzip2-devel expat-devel leveldb-devel libevent-devel
 openssl-devel libyaml-devel re2-devel snappy-devel sqlite-devel zlib-devel"
+checkdepends="python"
 short_desc="C! (a.k.a. C-Bang) collection of C++ utility libraries"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-only"
@@ -15,31 +16,24 @@ homepage="https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang"
 distfiles="https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8aa5efacf419b712b5bd0172c9d56301bdcbd477cb590ceec25c3595a192e9c0
 
-pre_build() {
-	make_build_args+=" prefix=$DESTDIR/usr"
+post_extract() {
+	touch tests/iostreamTests/{C,Dec}ompressTest/disable
+}
+
+post_build() {
+	cd tests
+	do_build
 }
 
 do_check() {
 	cd tests
-	touch iostreamTests/{C,Dec}ompressTest/disable
-	scons ${makejobs} CC=$CC CXX=$CXX CCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
-		cc=$CC cxx=$CXX ccflags="$CFLAGS" \
-		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LINKFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
-		cxxflags="$CXXFLAGS" linkflags="$LDFLAGS" \
-		RANLIB="$RANLIB" ranlib="$RANLIB" \
-		prefix=/usr destdir=${DESTDIR} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
 	./testHarness
 }
 
-pre_install() {
-	make_install_args+=" prefix=$DESTDIR/usr"
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	# Create missing symbolic links for the shared library
-	ln -sf libcbang0.so.0.0.1 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcbang.so.0.0
-	ln -sf libcbang0.so.0.0.1 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcbang.so.0
-	ln -sf libcbang0.so.0.0.1 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcbang.so
+	ln -sf libcbang0.so.* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcbang0.so
+	ln -sf libcbang0.so.* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/libcbang.so
 }
 
 cbang-devel_package() {