diff --git a/srcpkgs/sdcc/template b/srcpkgs/sdcc/template
index a53397c944f..f752bebc0fb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sdcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sdcc/template
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'sdcc'
 pkgname=sdcc
-version=3.7.0
+version=3.8.0
 revision=1
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64 x86_64-musl"
-wrksrc="${pkgname}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="flex bison gputils"
-makedepends="boost-devel"
+makedepends="boost-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Retargettable ANSI C compiler"
 maintainer="Leandro Vital <leavitals@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/sdcc/${pkgname}-src-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=854d47094698b06142df3d5fc646bb540d497ab4073ad2f051b8ec2141df948e
+checksum=b331668deb7bd832efd112052e5b0ed2313db641a922bd39280ba6d47adbbb21
 nostrip=yes
-
-post_extract() {
-	sed -i 's|CC -E|CC -O2 -E|g' ${wrksrc}/support/sdbinutils/libiberty/configure
-}