diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template b/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
index 7bf9ccd324..3b1fab8e5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/readline-devel.template
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=2
-
 Add_dependency run glibc-devel
 Add_dependency run readline
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/readline/template b/srcpkgs/readline/template
index 3e2ae2cb80..d2172d4456 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/readline/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/readline/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template build file for 'readline'.
 pkgname=readline
 _dist_ver=6.1
-_patch_ver=001
+_patch_ver=002
 version=${_dist_ver}.${_patch_ver}
-revision=2
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/${pkgname}-${_dist_ver}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure