diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/template b/srcpkgs/vte/template
index d55c22f185..b05a291ec5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/template
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'vte'.
 pkgname=vte
 version=0.28.2
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/0.28/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+revision=4
+subpackages="vte-python vte-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-gtk=2.0"
-revision=3
+configure_args="--disable-static --with-gtk=2.0"
 makedepends="pkg-config intltool gtk+-devel ncurses-devel pygtk-devel"
 short_desc="Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/0.28/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8d04e202b617373dfb47689e5e628febe2c58840b34cccc4af4feb88c48df903
 long_desc="
  Terminal widget with improved font, internationalization and
  accessibility support for the GNOME 2 desktop."
-
-subpackages="vte-python vte-devel"
-
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/vte-devel.template b/srcpkgs/vte/vte-devel.template
index 67b6edd6aa..c0c1380c1b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/vte-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/vte-devel.template
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'vte-devel'.
 #
-depends="pkg-config intltool gtk+-devel atk-devel glib-devel pango-devel cairo-devel freetype-devel fontconfig-devel ncurses-devel libX11-devel pygtk-devel vte"
+noarch=yes
+depends="glib-devel pango-devel cairo-devel gtk+-devel vte-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{lib,share}
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.*a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/vte-python.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/vte/vte-python.rshlibs
index d5554727a7..7ab7b5f51c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/vte-python.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/vte-python.rshlibs
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
 libvte.so.9
 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
-libatk-1.0.so.0
-libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
-libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
 libpango-1.0.so.0
-libfreetype.so.6
-libfontconfig.so.1
-libgio-2.0.so.0
 libgobject-2.0.so.0
 libglib-2.0.so.0
-libcairo.so.2
-libX11.so.6
-libncursesw.so.6
-libm.so.6
 libpthread.so.0
 libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/vte.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/vte/vte.rshlibs
index aea9045b38..16e11454cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/vte.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/vte.rshlibs
@@ -1,19 +1,16 @@
 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
+libatk-1.0.so.0
+libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
+libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
 libpango-1.0.so.0
 libgio-2.0.so.0
 libgobject-2.0.so.0
 libglib-2.0.so.0
-libpthread.so.0
-libc.so.6
-libutil.so.1
-libatk-1.0.so.0
-libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
-libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
-libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
-libfreetype.so.6
-libfontconfig.so.1
 libcairo.so.2
 libX11.so.6
 libncursesw.so.6
 libm.so.6
+libpthread.so.0
+libc.so.6
+libutil.so.1