diff --git a/srcpkgs/libev/libev-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libev/libev-devel.template
index cc7b97004a5..cd16b7b7bb0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libev/libev-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libev/libev-devel.template
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'libdev-devel'.
 #
-depends="libev>=4.11"
-short_desc="${short_desc} (Development files)"
+depends="libev>=${version}"
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- Development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
 do_install() {
         vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libev/template b/srcpkgs/libev/template
index 79a49ddb5b3..6b3c8f7d768 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libev/template
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'libev'
 pkgname=libev
-version=4.11
-build_style=gnu-configure
-homepage="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/${pkgname}.html"
-distfiles="http://dist.schmorp.de/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+version=4.15
 revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
 short_desc="High-performance event loop loosely modelled after libevent"
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="GPL-2, BSD"
-checksum=9f55f16ff6e4d60a1b1fa7f4962af69768468f0d7c362aab6387f52020938cdf
+homepage="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/${pkgname}.html"
+distfiles="http://dist.schmorp.de/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=b2dd43a073556f5350cbed05b6ef444dcc4b563f4e0b1009d7bf448261606feb
 long_desc="
  A full-featured and high-performance (see benchmark) event loop that is
  loosely modelled after libevent, but without its limitations and bugs. It is
  used, among others, in the GNU Virtual Private Ethernet and rxvt-unicode
  packages, and in the Deliantra MORPG Server and Client."
-
-subpackages="${pkgname}-devel"
-