diff --git a/templates/usbutils/template b/templates/usbutils/template
index 377afedcdd..4d8718278e 100644
--- a/templates/usbutils/template
+++ b/templates/usbutils/template
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'usbutils'
 pkgname=usbutils
-version=0.73
-revision=1
+version=0.81
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/linux-usb/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-configure_args="--datadir=/usr/share/hwdata --enable-usbmodules --disable-zlib"
+configure_args="--datadir=/usr/share/hwdata --disable-zlib"
 short_desc="Linux USB utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=2edc7cc98fd217f6980d8ba0b3792beed4695d4e8429a11c7237faab04ab47f4
+checksum=0d7e7924864559b5787461f95e1c2f41a3697a44eaa8e4cbc9a0cbd36dbd61ae
 long_desc="
  This package contains utilities for inspecting devices connected to a
  USB bus."
@@ -21,12 +20,6 @@ Add_dependency build wget
 pre_configure()
 {
 	cd $wrksrc
-	./update-usbids.sh
-	sed -i 's|DEST=|&/usr/share/hwdata/|' update-usbids.sh
-}
-
-post_install()
-{
-	install -D -m755 $wrksrc/update-usbids.sh \
-		${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/update-usbids
+	rm usb.ids
+	wget http://www.linux-usb.org/usb.ids
 }