diff --git a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/cppcheck.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/cppcheck.rshlibs
index 0cf992f8d0c..7d25808e3e3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/cppcheck.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/cppcheck.rshlibs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-libpcre.so.0
 libstdc++.so.6
 libm.so.6
 libgcc_s.so.1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template
index 91ae51f5f3f..fdf1fc76456 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cppcheck/template
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'cppcheck'
 pkgname=cppcheck
-version=1.51
+version=1.53
 homepage="http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_target="all man"
-revision=1
 short_desc="Static analysis of C/C++ code"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
-checksum=9d417ee31b6d4db199834d6ffb6fbd27c5675e42f1a159e853818cc819f0ff55
+checksum=baf002fceded32816ebaab1cb5848d22833ed53d9da900c3913705ad84cda7e8
 long_desc="
  Cppcheck is a tool for static C/C++ code analysis, and it tries to
  detect bugs that your compiler do not see. Checks for: memory leaks,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ long_desc="
  Cppcheck is versatile. You can check non-standard code that includes
  various compiler extensions, inline assembly code, etc. The goal is no
  false positives."
- 
+
 Add_dependency build libxslt
 Add_dependency build docbook-xsl
-Add_dependency build pcre-devel