diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpfr/depends b/srcpkgs/mpfr/depends
index 9111495cbc..ab0d9627ad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpfr/depends
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpfr/depends
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abi_depends=">=2.4.0"
+abi_depends=">=3.0.0"
 api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template b/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template
index 9f878375e2..bfd7497b93 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpfr/mpfr-devel.template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development: headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=1
+#revision=1
 
 Add_dependency run glibc-devel
 Add_dependency run gmp-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpfr/template b/srcpkgs/mpfr/template
index 3cb0f2a649..81c72157d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpfr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpfr/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'mpfr'
 pkgname=mpfr
-version=2.4.2
-revision=1
+version=3.0.0
 distfiles="http://www.mpfr.org/mpfr-current/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--enable-thread-safe"
 short_desc="Library for multiple-precision floating-point computations"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=c7e75a08a8d49d2082e4caee1591a05d11b9d5627514e678f02d66a124bcf2ba
+checksum=8f4e5f9c53536cb798a30455ac429b1f9fc75a0f8af32d6e0ac31ebf1024821f
 long_desc="
  The MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point
  computations with correct rounding. MPFR has continuously been supported