diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsndfile/libsndfile-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libsndfile/libsndfile-devel.template
index d647c58f62f..9958c8ee0bc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsndfile/libsndfile-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsndfile/libsndfile-devel.template
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libsndfile-devel'.
 #
-depends="alsa-lib-devel libvorbis-devel libflac-devel libsndfile>=1.0.25"
-short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
-
+depends="alsa-lib-devel libvorbis-devel libflac-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}"
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsndfile/template b/srcpkgs/libsndfile/template
index 03435b55c20..f96ea8180c3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsndfile/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsndfile/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'libsndfile'
 pkgname=libsndfile
 version=1.0.25
+revision=2
+subpackages="$pkgname-progs $pkgname-devel"
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
+makedepends="alsa-lib-devel libvorbis-devel>=1.2.3 libflac-devel sqlite-devel"
+short_desc="C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://www.mega-nerd.com/$pkgname/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="pkg-config python alsa-lib-devel libvorbis-devel>=1.2.3 libflac-devel sqlite-devel"
-revision=1
-short_desc="C library for reading and writing files containing sampled sound"
-maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 checksum=59016dbd326abe7e2366ded5c344c853829bebfd1702ef26a07ef662d6aa4882
 long_desc="
  Libsndfile is a C library for reading and writing files containing
  sampled sound (such as MS Windows WAV and the Apple/SGI AIFF format)
  through one standard library interface."
-
-subpackages="$pkgname-progs $pkgname-devel"