diff --git a/srcpkgs/util-linux/files/login.pam b/srcpkgs/util-linux/files/login.pam
index caa4b13ea36..167eb0ff66b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/util-linux/files/login.pam
+++ b/srcpkgs/util-linux/files/login.pam
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# login pam service with sha512 passwords and cracklib support.
+# login pam service with sha512 passwords.
 auth 		requisite	pam_nologin.so
 auth 		required	pam_securetty.so
 auth 		required	pam_unix.so
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ session		required	pam_loginuid.so
 session		required	pam_systemd.so
 session 	required	pam_limits.so
 
-password	required	pam_cracklib.so	try_first_pass retry=3
 password	required	pam_unix.so 	sha512 shadow nullok try_first_pass use_authtok
diff --git a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
index cbb7ed55874..eaa7530a9f8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/util-linux/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'util-linux'
 pkgname=util-linux
 version=2.24.1
-revision=4
+revision=5
 short_desc="Miscellaneous linux utilities"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://userweb.kernel.org/~kzak/util-linux-ng"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ distfiles="${KERNEL_SITE}/utils/${pkgname}/v2.24/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=835eb6232cfab0118ef2e4fd649de0ba9f5bd1b8cbf9a7d4d84594541dec8410
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel pam-devel>=1.1.6_3 libcap-ng-devel"
+makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel pam-devel>=1.1.8_4 libcap-ng-devel"
 # Create uuidd system account for uuidd.
 system_accounts="uuidd"
 uuidd_homedir="/run/uuidd"