diff --git a/srcpkgs/libspectre/libspectre-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libspectre/libspectre-devel.template
index b825dd4778..dd6516576f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libspectre/libspectre-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libspectre/libspectre-devel.template
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'libspectre-devel'.
 #
-depends="libspectre>=0.2.6"
+noarch=yes
+depends="libspectre>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
-	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libspectre/template b/srcpkgs/libspectre/template
index bd0f80a47b..6391576adc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libspectre/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libspectre/template
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'libspectre'
 pkgname=libspectre
-version=0.2.6
-homepage="http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/wiki/"
-distfiles="http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="ghostscript-devel"
+version=0.2.7
 revision=1
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+makedepends="ghostscript-devel"
 short_desc="Small library for rendering Postscript documents"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=2f637c62322c8040514284c00f63a5c310a28801e7dcfbe2ba2791be4fac0dd3
+homepage="http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/wiki/"
+distfiles="http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e81b822a106beed14cf0fec70f1b890c690c2ffa150fa2eee41dc26518a6c3ec
 long_desc="
  libspectre is a small library for rendering Postscript documents. It
  provides a convenient easy to use API for handling and rendering
  Postscript documents."
-
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
-