diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdbm/template b/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
index b23629fbb35..6c7b95fd7ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdbm/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gdbm'
 pkgname=gdbm
 version=1.11
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libgdbm-compat --disable-rpath"
 short_desc="GNU database routines"
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org.ua/software/gdbm/"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=8d912f44f05d0b15a4a5d96a76f852e905d051bb88022fcdfd98b43be093e3c3
-long_desc="
- GNU dbm is a set of database routines that use extensible hashing.
- It works similar to the standard Unix dbm routines."
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="libtool automake>=1.14.1_2 gettext-devel"