diff --git a/srcpkgs/loksh/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/loksh/INSTALL.msg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1dc05d82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/loksh/INSTALL.msg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+oksh is no longer provided by Void Linux, and will be fully removed from the repos on 2019/03/31
+oksh is now a symlink to loksh, a drop-in replacement
diff --git a/srcpkgs/loksh/template b/srcpkgs/loksh/template
index a22ba9f6d3..0939616c1a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/loksh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/loksh/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'loksh'
 pkgname=loksh
 version=6.4
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="HAVE_LIBBSD=1"
 make_install_args="BIN_NAME=loksh"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oksh b/srcpkgs/oksh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..ea923aeb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/oksh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+loksh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/oksh/template b/srcpkgs/oksh/template
deleted file mode 100644
index 5db7dc86f6..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/oksh/template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Template file for 'oksh'
-pkgname=oksh
-version=0.5.9
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-configure
-short_desc="OpenBSD's version of ksh ported to Linux"
-maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
-license="GPL-3"
-homepage="https://connochaetos.org/oksh/"
-distfiles="http://www.connochaetos.org/oksh/oksh-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2323be6676c88bdc916dd206b9e9bd6c23bbada513edaf71dcfad97e8df3c952
-register_shell="/bin/oksh"
-
-alternatives="
- ksh:ksh:/usr/bin/oksh
- ksh:ksh.1:/usr/share/man/man1/oksh.1
- sh:sh:/usr/bin/oksh
- sh:sh.1:/usr/share/man/man1/oksh.1
-"
-
-do_install() {
-	vbin ksh oksh
-	vman ksh.1 oksh.1
-}