diff --git a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
index 59fbd75e66..fe2306f5f2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pkg-config/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'pkg-config'
 pkgname=pkg-config
-version=0.27.1
+version=0.28
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-internal-glib"
@@ -9,8 +9,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=4f63d0df3035101b12949250da5231af49e3c3afcd8fb18554fa7c3cb92d8c17
-long_desc="
- pkg-config is a system for managing library compile/link flags that
- works with automake and autoconf.  It replaces the ubiquitous
- *-config scripts you may have seen with a single tool."
+checksum=6b6eb31c6ec4421174578652c7e141fdaae2dabad1021f420d8713206ac1f845