diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template
index d0a9a3cd4b..2683d0efb3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibmm/glibmm-devel.template
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'glibmm-devel'.
 #
 depends="glib-devel libsigc++-devel glibmm-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
-
-noarch=yes
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibmm/template b/srcpkgs/glibmm/template
index e33d91af73..e41f25097d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibmm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibmm/template
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'glibmm'
 pkgname=glibmm
-version=2.34.1
+version=2.35.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 subpackages="glibmm-devel"
-makedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel libsigc++-devel>=2.2.10"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
+makedepends="glib-devel>=2.36 libsigc++-devel>=2.2.10"
 short_desc="C++ bindings for GLib"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://gtkmm.sourceforge.net/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glibmm/2.34/glibmm-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=b425a52c7e178aeaaaffd02c5497bfd68d0cb8be56cef3620558a80dd5d692c4
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glibmm/2.35/glibmm-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=a38d8b8181262b940c79d52090b742101ccd22cb7c8ce8ff8b2039bf3e369733
 long_desc="
  glibmm (previously known as GLib--) is the official C++ interface for the
  popular GUI library GTK+. Highlights include typesafe callbacks, widgets