diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 0f3f9270c4..36785afc5b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
-version=1.3.1
+version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/libexec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=3772e7ef0c9b4178195edcf90e711f12ba123f465fcf09fb43b56bdacaca0eaf
+checksum=066297ed77408fb7588889c271a85cf3c259ad55c939315988e6062d7708eda8
 
 nostrip=yes
 conflicts="qemu-kvm>=0"
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ makedepends="perl python attr-devel libpng-devel>=1.5.10 libjpeg-turbo-devel
  libcurl-devel xfsprogs-devel libcap-ng-devel libcap-devel nss-devel
  libbluetooth-devel pulseaudio-devel ncurses-devel libseccomp-devel"
 
-pre_configure() {
-	sed -i -e 's/lib64/lib/g' x86_64.ld
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/65-kvm.rules 644 usr/lib/udev/rules.d
 	# qemu-bridge-helper must be setuid for non privileged users.