diff --git a/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template b/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template
index d49211040ff..29611fc43a4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/html-xml-utils/template
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'html-xml-utils'
 pkgname=html-xml-utils
-version=6.9
-revision=2
+version=7.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="A number of simple utilities for manipulating HTML and XML files"
 maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
 license="custom"
-depends="perl"
 homepage="https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/README"
 distfiles="https://www.w3.org/Tools/HTML-XML-utils/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9cf401dc84ca01752adf1f2d9862c4f227bb089504ed9d03d7fd40603e87fab2
+checksum=e7d30de4fb4731f3ecd4622ac30db9fb82e1aa0ab190ae13e457360eea9460b0
 
 post_install() {
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/html-xml-utils/COPYING