diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/dbus-devel.template b/srcpkgs/dbus/dbus-devel.template
index 059bee05d60..f882b6bd839 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/dbus-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/dbus-devel.template
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'dbus-devel'.
 #
-depends="expat-devel dbus-libs>=$version"
+depends="expat-devel dbus-libs>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
+noarch=yes
+
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove "usr/lib/dbus-*" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
-	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/share/doc usr/share
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dbus/template b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
index ee71d7fa9b3..97d833edd95 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dbus/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'dbus'
 pkgname=dbus
-version=1.6.4
+version=1.6.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-selinux --enable-userdb-cache --with-xml=expat
 --disable-dnotify --enable-inotify --with-dbus-user=dbus --disable-tests
---disable-doxygen-docs --disable-xml-docs --disable-tests --enable-systemd
+--disable-doxygen-docs --disable-xml-docs --enable-systemd
 --with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system --enable-epoll
---disable-asserts"
+--disable-asserts --disable-static"
 makedepends="pkg-config expat-devel libX11-devel systemd-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/dbus-1/session.conf /etc/dbus-1/system.conf"
 subpackages="dbus-devel dbus-libs dbus-x11"
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ short_desc="Message bus system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/"
-distfiles="${homepage}/releases/dbus/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=5fba6b7a415d761a843fb8e0aee72db61cf13057a9ef8cdc795e5d369dc74cf1
+distfiles="${homepage}/releases/dbus/dbus-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fc1370ef38abeeb13f55c905ec002e60705fb0bfde3b8d21c8d6eb8056c11bac
 long_desc="
  D-BUS is a message bus, used for sending messages between applications.
  Conceptually, it fits somewhere in between raw sockets and CORBA in terms