diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/patches/no-pip.patch b/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/patches/no-pip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ba6e9905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/patches/no-pip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Index: pypandoc-1.6.3/pypandoc.egg-info/requires.txt
+===================================================================
+--- pypandoc-1.6.3.orig/pypandoc.egg-info/requires.txt
++++ pypandoc-1.6.3/pypandoc.egg-info/requires.txt
+1@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
+-setuptools
+-pip>=8.1.0
+-wheel>=0.25.0
+Index: pypandoc-1.6.3/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- pypandoc-1.6.3.orig/setup.py
++++ pypandoc-1.6.3/setup.py
+@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ setup(
+     author_email = 'bebraw@gmail.com',
+     packages = ['pypandoc'],
+     package_data={'pypandoc': ['files/*']},
+-    install_requires = ['setuptools', 'pip>=8.1.0', 'wheel>=0.25.0'],
+     classifiers=[
+         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+         'Environment :: Console',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/template
index de6fea26d0..e131ccfa7d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pypandoc/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-pypandoc'
 pkgname=python3-pypandoc
-version=1.5
-revision=2
+version=1.6.3
+revision=1
 wrksrc=pypandoc-$version
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="pandoc python3"
-checkdepends="$depends python3-pip texlive"
+checkdepends="pandoc texlive"
 short_desc="Python thin wrapper for pandoc"
 maintainer="Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/bebraw/pypandoc"
 distfiles="$PYPI_SITE/p/pypandoc/pypandoc-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=14a49977ab1fbc9b14ef3087dcb101f336851837fca55ca79cf33846cc4976ff
+checksum=95a331f5ef74adb9557e9961d784c30ba73bd0d62e7736bb5d9ce74888b9f438
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE