diff --git a/srcpkgs/thermald/template b/srcpkgs/thermald/template
index 53b9c64ac38..ce324d09dcf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thermald/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thermald/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'thermald'
 pkgname=thermald
-version=1.7.1
+version=1.7.2
 revision=1
 _pkgname=thermal_daemon
 wrksrc="${_pkgname}-${version}"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/01org/${_pkgname}"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=c4465d9312304b879908289e2e9da7417e88151c1529dff42acb8e3fb6aa4f47
+checksum=2b180301b99508e7f340138c40ccbfd8a35055d707e71c81ab9a177fccda4695
 conf_files="
  /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml
  /etc/thermald/thermal-cpu-cdev-order.xml"
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ pre_configure() {
 }
 
 post_install() {
-	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/etc/init
 	vsv thermald
 }