diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template
index ea78f097c0..296eaefb0b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-devel.template
@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'libxml2-devel'.
 #
-depends="zlib-devel libxml2"
+noarch=yes
+depends="zlib-devel libxml2>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
-do_install()
-{
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{bin,lib}
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
-
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/bin/xml2-config ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/xml2Conf.sh ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/aclocal ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-${version} \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1/xml2-config* \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man1
+do_install() {
+	vmove usr/include usr
+	vmove usr/bin/xml2-config usr/bin
+	vmove usr/lib/xml2Conf.sh usr/lib
+	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove usr/share/aclocal usr/share
+	vmove usr/share/gtk-doc usr/share
+	vmove usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-${version} usr/share/doc
+	vmove "usr/share/man/man1/xml2-config*" usr/share/man/man1
+	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.rshlibs
index 8be4c9ce09..c37bcd17ab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.rshlibs
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ libutil.so.1
 libm.so.6
 libpython2.7.so.1.0
 libc.so.6
+liblzma.so.5
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template
index 611b93d49c..8793297140 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2-python.template
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains ${sourcepkg} python related files."
 
-do_install()
-{
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
-
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/python* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-python-${version} \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc
+do_install() {
+	vmove "usr/lib/python*" usr/lib
+	vmove usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-python-${version} usr/share/doc
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2.rshlibs
index cdc8b3d552..96b1160ea5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/libxml2.rshlibs
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ libc.so.6
 libdl.so.2
 libz.so.1
 libm.so.6
+liblzma.so.5
+libreadline.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/enable_symbol_versioning.patch b/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/enable_symbol_versioning.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e6060999b..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/enable_symbol_versioning.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	2010-12-05 23:51:33.069152384 +0100
-+++ configure	2010-12-05 23:51:57.890020401 +0100
-@@ -11414,7 +11414,7 @@ else
-   esac
- fi
- 
-- if test -z "$VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS"; then
-+ if test -n "$VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS"; then
-   USE_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE=
-   USE_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE='#'
- else
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/largefile64.patch b/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/largefile64.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b2d32e5c8c..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/patches/largefile64.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- libxml.h.orig
-+++ libxml.h
-@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
- #ifndef _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
- #define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE
- #endif
-+#ifndef _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
-+#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
-+#endif
- #ifndef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
- #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
- #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index 9620ad07a1..b8e88c1855 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.7.8
-revision=3
-distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+version=2.8.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="zlib-devel python-devel"
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history"
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-python"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel python-devel"
 short_desc="Library providing XML and HTML support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=cda23bc9ebd26474ca8f3d67e7d1c4a1f1e7106364b690d822e009fdc3c417ec
+homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
+license="MIT"
+distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=f2e2d0e322685193d1affec83b21dc05d599e17a7306d7b90de95bb5b9ac622a
 long_desc="
  This library allows to manipulate XML files. It includes support
  to read, modify and write XML and HTML files. There is DTDs support
@@ -19,4 +23,6 @@ long_desc="
  available, with existing HTTP and FTP modules and combined to an
  URI library."
 
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-python"
+post_install() {
+	vinstall COPYING 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
+}