diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit/polkit-devel.template b/srcpkgs/polkit/polkit-devel.template
index 122baf92f8..709840c868 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit/polkit-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit/polkit-devel.template
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=2
 replaces="PolicyKit-devel>=0"
 
 Add_dependency run pkg-config
diff --git a/srcpkgs/polkit/template b/srcpkgs/polkit/template
index 550d175b17..dd056f25fb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/polkit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/polkit/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'polkit'
 pkgname=polkit
-version=0.96
-revision=2
+version=0.98
 distfiles="http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --localstatedir=/var --with-os-type=gentoo"
 short_desc="Authorization Toolkit"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=3426ca917210b2a5525732559368c18f983a4c39a6a55c5dddba26071bd8054a
+checksum=eda8493b438130dc7ee4f85099936beb35a62ef0fd0d1cd5b22c3c9613217f02
 long_desc="
  PolicyKit is an application-level toolkit for defining and handling the
  policy that allows unprivileged processes to speak to privileged processes.