diff --git a/srcpkgs/iojs/template b/srcpkgs/iojs/template
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-# Template file for 'iojs'
-pkgname=iojs
-version=3.0.0
-revision=1
-wrksrc=iojs-v${version}
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python"
-makedepends="zlib-devel python-devel
- $(vopt_if ssl libressl-devel) $(vopt_if libuv libuv-devel)
- $(vopt_if http_parser http-parser-devel)"
-depends="python"
-short_desc="Evented I/O for V8 javascript"
-maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="MIT"
-homepage="http://iojs.org/"
-distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/${pkgname}-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=0e7f6bda7f500bb80c42dfdb896ed170ed5bbfb30c5a84f2f0e31f6f72ed5d55
-provides="nodejs-0.12.1_1"
-conflicts="nodejs>=0"
-build_options="ssl libuv http_parser"
-desc_option_libuv="Enable shared libuv"
-desc_option_http_parser="Enable shared http-parser"
-# broken with libressl, use bundled openssl instead
-# linking error with http_parser, use bundled instead
-build_options_default="libuv"
-
-do_configure() {
-	local _args
-
-	export LD="$CXX"
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-			arm*) _args="--dest-cpu=arm --without-snapshot" ;;
-			*) msg_error "$pkgver: cannot be cross compiled for ${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}\n" ;;
-		esac
-	fi
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --shared-zlib \
-		$(vopt_if http_parser --shared-http-parser) \
-		$(vopt_if ssl --shared-openssl) \
-		$(vopt_if libuv --shared-libuv) ${_args}
-}
-do_build() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		make LD="$CXX" LDFLAGS+=-ldl ${makejobs} PORTABLE=1 V=1
-	else
-		make LD="$CXX" LDFLAGS+=-ldl ${makejobs} V=1
-	fi
-}
-do_install() {
-	make LD="$CXX" LDFLAGS+=-ldl DESTDIR="$DESTDIR" install
-	vlicense LICENSE
-	rm -r $DESTDIR/usr/include
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iojs/update b/srcpkgs/iojs/update
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-pattern='iojs-v\K[\d.]+(?=\.tar)'