diff --git a/srcpkgs/Bear/patches/0001-fix-xlocale_h.patch b/srcpkgs/Bear/patches/0001-fix-xlocale_h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9eda4517451..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/Bear/patches/0001-fix-xlocale_h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- libear/ear.c
-+++ libear/ear.c
-@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <string.h>
- #include <locale.h>
--#include <xlocale.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <dlfcn.h>
- #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Bear/template b/srcpkgs/Bear/template
index a5c12335169..774fe29a676 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Bear/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Bear/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'Bear'
 pkgname=Bear
-version=2.3.7
+version=2.3.8
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 depends="python"
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ maintainer="Alain Kalker <a.c.kalker@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=dfb6bc97eb868ff583ffd737d4873eaa6a1f8d47543694f6a696c9581a20dfad
+checksum=1c0ea23e5ef05eb8113cffd8da345dc82e91d0318488606cd7d5ca974842b81b