diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
index 92da1d727aa..fe2e4d73c21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'libtorrent'
 pkgname=libtorrent
 version=0.13.8
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-static --disable-debug --without-kqueue
  --enable-aligned --with-posix-fallocate"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
-makedepends="libcppunit-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel"
+makedepends="libressl-devel zlib-devel"
+# XXX: if built with XBPS_CHECK_PKGS, final binary will be dyn linked against libcppunit
+checkdepends="libcppunit-devel"
 short_desc="BitTorrent library written in C++"
 maintainer="Nathan Owens <ndowens04@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
-homepage="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}"
-distfiles="https://github.com/rakshasa/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+homepage="https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent"
+distfiles="https://github.com/rakshasa/libtorrent/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0f6c2e7ffd3a1723ab47fdac785ec40f85c0a5b5a42c1d002272205b988be722
 
 # https://github.com/rakshasa/rtorrent/issues/156