diff --git a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
index ae3a99910f..dd3e26f04d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libxml2/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'libxml2'.
 pkgname=libxml2
-version=2.8.0
-revision=2
+version=2.9.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-threads --with-history"
 makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel liblzma-devel python-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.xmlsoft.org/"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://xmlsoft.org/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=f2e2d0e322685193d1affec83b21dc05d599e17a7306d7b90de95bb5b9ac622a
+checksum=fd3c64cb66f2c4ea27e934d275904d92cec494a8e8405613780cbc8a71680fdb
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel python-devel"
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		autoreconf -fi
 	}
 	pre_build() {
-		sed -e "s|/usr/\(include/python2.7\)|$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/\1|g" \
-			-e "s|/usr/\(lib/python2.7/site-packages\)|$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/\1|g" \
-			-i python/Makefile
+		sed -e "s|/usr/\(include/python2.7\)|$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/\1|g" -i python/Makefile
 	}
 fi
 
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ post_install() {
 
 libxml2-devel_package() {
 	depends="zlib-devel libxml2>=${version}"
-	short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/bin/xml2-config
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ libxml2-devel_package() {
 }
 
 libxml2-python_package() {
-	short_desc="${short_desc} -- python extension"
+	short_desc+=" - python extension"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/python*"
 		vmove usr/share/doc/${sourcepkg}-python-${version}