diff --git a/srcpkgs/lynx/template b/srcpkgs/lynx/template
index 8424437408..6ec7a39b4e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lynx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lynx/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'lynx'
 pkgname=lynx
-version=2.8.9.1
-revision=5
-_distver="${version%.*}rel.${version##*.}"
-wrksrc="lynx${_distver}"
+version=2.9.0dev.9
+revision=1
+wrksrc="lynx${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-widec --with-zlib --with-bzlib --with-ssl --enable-ipv6"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel ncurses-devel openssl-devel"
@@ -11,8 +10,8 @@ short_desc="A text browser for the World Wide Web"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://lynx.invisible-island.net/"
-distfiles="http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/${pkgname}${_distver}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a46e4167b8f02c066d2fe2eafcc5603367be0e3fe2e59e9fc4eb016f306afc8e
+distfiles="http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/lynx/tarballs/${pkgname}${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=6fd6dd3f57681ad58d3397c273b430a411ae049b367fd4909b3d70b722da501a
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i configure \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lynx/update b/srcpkgs/lynx/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 8079512abe..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/lynx/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-case "$version" in
-	*.*.*.*) version=${version%.*}rel.${version##*.};;
-esac
-
-ignore="*dev*"