diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxkbui/libxkbui-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libxkbui/libxkbui-devel.template
index e10bbacab3..d7758eec4e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxkbui/libxkbui-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxkbui/libxkbui-devel.template
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'libxkbui-devel'.
 #
-noarch=yes
 depends="libxkbui-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxkbui/template b/srcpkgs/libxkbui/template
index 50ac5a4e21..18453f01c9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxkbui/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxkbui/template
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxkbui'.
 pkgname=libxkbui
 version=1.0.2
-revision=5
+revision=6
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static"
-makedepends="pkg-config xproto xextproto libX11-devel libXt-devel libxkbfile-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="xproto xextproto libXt-devel libxkbfile-devel"
 short_desc="xkbui library from modular x.org"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="${XORG_SITE}"
+license="MIT"
 distfiles="${XORG_SITE}/lib/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=20c23101d63234ee5f6d696dfa069b29c6c58e39eff433bcd7705b50b3ffa214
-long_desc="
- This is the xkbui library from modular X.org."