diff --git a/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template b/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template
index 0e4105c6ced..db71f5b6d2d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xkeyboard-config/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'xkeyboard-config'.
 pkgname=xkeyboard-config
-version=2.7
+version=2.8
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -12,11 +12,4 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/XKeyboardConfig"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/data/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=e43478a12fb0fe6757a7bad3a04fd3747ec53e53d5af22a9d9829dfb9aac8321
-long_desc="
- The xkeyboard-config package provides a non-arch keyboard configuration
- database for the X Window System with support for non-standard
- keyboards, national layouts and options. The goal is to provide
- the consistent, well-structured, frequently released open source
- of X keyboard configuration data for free, open source and commercial
- X implementations. The project is targeted to XKB-based systems."
+checksum=4e1cf5468d488aaf320ddfd439e03cbda0b213550fd734026d23138e4b2078ae