diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-devel.template
index c669092bb8..a864eedb05 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-devel.template
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'libsoup-devel'.
 #
-depends="glib-devel libxml2-devel libsoup>=2.38.1"
+noarch=yes
+depends="glib-devel libxml2-devel libsoup>=${version}"
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} -- development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/{include,share} ${DESTDIR}/usr
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-gnome-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-gnome-devel.template
index c3686bae5c..9860553cd5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-gnome-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/libsoup-gnome-devel.template
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'libsoup-gnome-devel'.
 #
-depends="libsoup-devel>=2.38.1 libsoup-gnome>=2.38.1"
+noarch=yes
+depends="libsoup-devel>=${version} libsoup-gnome>=${version}"
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} - GNOME development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains the GNOME support files for development:
  headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gir-1.0
 
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include/libsoup-gnome* \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/include
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/libsoup-gnome*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/*gnome* \
 		${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gir-1.0/SoupGNOME* \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
index d6683c0a12..df1685ec38 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'libsoup'
 pkgname=libsoup
-version=2.38.1
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.38/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+version=2.40.0
+revision=1
+subpackages="$pkgname-gnome $pkgname-gnome-devel $pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection glib-devel libgcrypt-devel libgpg-error-devel libxml2-devel gnutls-devel sqlite-devel libgnome-keyring-devel"
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+makedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection glib-devel
+libgcrypt-devel libgpg-error-devel libxml2-devel gnutls-devel
+sqlite-devel libgnome-keyring-devel>=3.6.0"
 fulldepends="glib-networking"
-revision=2
 short_desc="HTTP library implementation in C"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-checksum=71b8923fc7a5fef9abc5420f7f3d666fdb589f43a8c50892d584d58b3c513f9a
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.40/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=ef65eb6d48e9525ad0fb82f964d3001e86921330317b51082d3dd0afc41d2ea9
 long_desc="
  Libsoup is an HTTP library implementation in C. It was originally part
  of a SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) implementation called Soup, but
@@ -31,7 +35,3 @@ long_desc="
    * Client support for Digest, NTLM, and Basic authentication
    * HTTP server
    * Server support for Digest and Basic authentication"
-
-subpackages="$pkgname-gnome $pkgname-gnome-devel $pkgname-devel"
-
-