diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template b/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
index b53e66e6409..d646b590bf4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-numexpr/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-numexpr'
 pkgname=python-numexpr
-version=2.5
+version=2.5.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="numexpr-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/pydata/numexpr"
 license="MIT"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/n/numexpr/numexpr-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=319cdf4e402177a1c8ed4972cffd09f523446f186d347b7c1974787cdabf0294
+checksum=fb2f00226ec21bf3431d1dd17b170c47c08ea35dde40f965b41ccb5a553589e8
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/^#!/d' numexpr/cpuinfo.py
-}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 }