diff --git a/srcpkgs/libcap-ng/template b/srcpkgs/libcap-ng/template
index 54b366806d4..8a8b7815878 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libcap-ng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libcap-ng/template
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # Template file for 'libcap-ng'
 pkgname=libcap-ng
-version=0.7.7
+version=0.7.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel swig"
+configure_args="--without-python"
 short_desc="An alternate POSIX capabilities library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=615549ce39b333f6b78baee0c0b4ef18bc726c6bf1cca123dfd89dd963f6d06b
+checksum=c21af997445cd4107a55d386f955c5ea6f6e96ead693e9151277c0ab5f97d05f
 
-subpackages="libcap-ng-devel libcap-ng-progs libcap-ng-python libcap-ng-python3.4"
+subpackages="libcap-ng-devel libcap-ng-progs"
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	subpackages="${subpackages/libcap-ng-python/}"
-	subpackages="${subpackages/libcap-ng-python3.4/}"
-	configure_args+=" --without-python"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	subpackages+=" libcap-ng-python libcap-ng-python3.4"
+	hostmakedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel swig"
+	configure_args+=" --with-python"
 fi
 
 libcap-ng-devel_package() {