diff --git a/srcpkgs/libestr/libestr-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libestr/libestr-devel.template
index 3736a11946..5161a32ab9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libestr/libestr-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libestr/libestr-devel.template
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'libestr-devel'.
 #
-depends="glibc-devel libestr"
+noarch=yes
+depends="libestr>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
-	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libestr/template b/srcpkgs/libestr/template
index 3e092bfba5..16e8a317e9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libestr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libestr/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'libestr'
 pkgname=libestr
-version=0.1.2
-homepage="http://libestr.adiscon.com"
-distfiles="$homepage/files/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-build_style=gnu-configure
+version=0.1.4
 revision=1
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
 short_desc="C library for string processing"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-checksum=0e8b95374fa271dc2afdfadfc9afc0f5826252a1b698ddea1474d5600a7c66ca
+homepage="http://libestr.adiscon.com"
+distfiles="$homepage/files/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
+checksum=e30b05bc3091e2c35464d7ac736b2d4e5c054cc883e244c920b571e533de85e3
 long_desc="
  This package provides a C library with some essentials for string processing."
-
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel"