diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/libarchive-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/libarchive-devel.template
index ede9e9d83f..fe1c544340 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/libarchive-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/libarchive-devel.template
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=1
-
 Add_dependency run acl-devel
 Add_dependency run zlib-devel
 Add_dependency run bzip2-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
index bca713ea2a..15368609b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libarchive/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'libarchive'
 pkgname=libarchive
-version=2.8.0
-revision=1
+version=2.8.1
 distfiles="http://libarchive.googlecode.com/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--without-xml2"
 short_desc="Library to read/write several different streaming archive formats"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=e5be324c94e885e449b8ffb30a843372d557966547efff3f1d5f69eb5a119769
+checksum=bb15c5694c2d7909b235a88c8c4fc5f5beb01931db77981e815da2dfa564a1ca
 long_desc="
  Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several
  different streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants,