diff --git a/templates/iso-codes/iso-codes-fix-pkgconfig.diff b/templates/iso-codes/iso-codes-fix-pkgconfig.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bfef562598..00000000000
--- a/templates/iso-codes/iso-codes-fix-pkgconfig.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- Makefile.in.orig	2008-10-11 06:28:29.000000000 +0200
-+++ Makefile.in	2008-10-11 06:28:39.000000000 +0200
-@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ target_alias = @target_alias@
- top_builddir = @top_builddir@
- top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
- SUBDIRS = iso_15924 iso_3166 iso_4217 iso_639 notes
--pkgconfigdir = $(datadir)/pkgconfig
-+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
- pkgconfig_DATA = iso-codes.pc
- EXTRA_DIST = \
- 	LICENSE			\
diff --git a/templates/iso-codes/template b/templates/iso-codes/template
index eb3e804e473..8ccf2faaf37 100644
--- a/templates/iso-codes/template
+++ b/templates/iso-codes/template
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'iso-codes'.
 pkgname=iso-codes
-version=3.3
-patch_files="$pkgname-fix-pkgconfig.diff"
-distfiles="
-ftp://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/pub/pkg-isocodes/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+version=3.8
+distfiles="ftp://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/pub/pkg-isocodes/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
-make_cmd="$XBPS_MASTERDIR/bin/gmake"
-pkgconfig_override="iso-codes.pc"
+make_install_args="pkgconfigdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig"
 short_desc="List of country, language and currency names"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=0868f49557ef8d1216e69d70af589a645efe8513
+checksum=4cc4c3791f8f569af41b40835080b4b8b0c9305efd1ffebacebb576c518007a0
 long_desc="
  iso-codes provides the list of the country, language and currency names in
  one place, rather than repeated in many third-party programs. This was
@@ -18,3 +15,5 @@ long_desc="
  The aim of iso-codes is to create a single \"gettext\" domain \"iso-639\" which
  contains the translations of language names, and one \"iso-3166\" listing the
  translations of country names."
+
+noarch=yes