diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template
index c9e1be2908..b4391297e2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted-devel.template
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'libparted-devel'.
 #
 depends="libparted-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="The GNU Parted disk partitioning library development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains development files for libparted, which
- are really only of interest to developers."
-
-noarch=yes
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template
index fdcbad475d..fa8d098d97 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/libparted.template
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libparted'.
 #
-short_desc="The GNU Parted disk partitioning shared library"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains libparted, the required shared library used by Parted."
+short_desc="${short_desc} - shared library"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove "usr/lib/*.so*" usr/lib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/parted/template b/srcpkgs/parted/template
index 39481be9af..2a10dcedd1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/parted/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/parted/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'parted'
 pkgname=parted
 version=3.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 subpackages="libparted libparted-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--without-included-regex --disable-rpath
- --disable-debug --disable-static"
+configure_args="--without-included-regex --disable-rpath"
 makedepends="pkg-config libuuid-devel libblkid-devel ncurses-devel
  readline-devel device-mapper-devel"
+crossmakedepends="${makedepends}"
 short_desc="The GNU Parted disk partition resizing program"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/"
 license="GPL-3"