diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
index 6cbb871c43..cd84427c19 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'virtualbox-ose'
 pkgname=virtualbox-ose
-_vbox_distver=4.2.6
+_vbox_distver=4.2.8
 version=${_vbox_distver}
 revision=1
 wrksrc="VirtualBox-${version}"
@@ -10,19 +10,16 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://virtualbox.org"
 license="GPL-2, MPL-1.1, CDDL"
 distfiles="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/$version/VirtualBox-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=54526091bc2aa66b88ca878dd9ecc4466f96d607db2f6678a9d673ecf6646ae3
-long_desc="
- VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range of x86
- operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a Linux system."
+checksum=f336af12244db74e6564dc22e438bbcba70f994aaf0d117fdf70caca9fab1b78
 
 depends="virtualbox-ose-dkms-${version}_${revision}
  hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
 
 makedepends="which openssl-devel libcurl-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10 SDL-devel
- qt-devel libXext-devel libXcursor-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel
- libXcomposite-devel MesaLib-devel libIDL-devel glib-devel pam-devel python-devel
- pulseaudio-devel libxslt-devel libcap-devel xorg-server-devel libxml2-devel
- glu-devel alsa-lib-devel device-mapper-devel docbook-xsl acpica-utils
+ qt-devel libXcursor-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel
+ libXcomposite-devel libIDL-devel glib-devel pam-devel python-devel
+ pulseaudio-devel libxslt-devel libcap-devel xorg-server-devel
+ alsa-lib-devel device-mapper-devel docbook-xsl acpica-utils
  kernel-headers dev86 yasm"
 
 if [ "${XBPS_MACHINE}" = "x86_64" ]; then
diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-dkms.template b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-dkms.template
index a35af34446..173081bbc5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-dkms.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-dkms.template
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'virtualbox-ose-dkms'.
 #
 short_desc="${short_desc} - kernel module sources for dkms"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package provides the source code for the virtualbox kernel module to be
- build with dkms. The virtualbox-ose package is also required in order to make
- use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to compile this
- module."
-
 dkms_modules="virtualbox-ose ${_vbox_distver}"
 noarch=yes
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms.template b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms.template
index 5a83c6bfd0..71043a718e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms.template
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms'.
 #
 short_desc="${short_desc} - guest addition module source for dkms"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package provides the source code for the virtualbox guest addition kernel
- modules to be build with dkms. The virtualbox-ose package is also required in
- order to make use of these modules. Kernel sources or headers are required to
- compile these modules."
-
 dkms_modules="virtualbox-ose-guest ${_vbox_distver}"
 noarch=yes
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest.template b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest.template
index 74225cf31f..74814f70b1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/virtualbox-ose-guest.template
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 systemd_services="vboxservice.service on"
 depends="virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} - guest utilities"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package provides the guest utilities of the Open Source Edition of
- VirtualBox. These utilities are meant to be run inside the virtual machine.
- They provide closer integration and allow to share data through shared folders
- between the host system and the virtual machine."
 
 do_install() {
 	source ./env.sh