diff --git a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
index abe78fdcdce..67b6cba817d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/texinfo/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'texinfo'
 pkgname=texinfo
-version=6.0
+version=6.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="perl ncurses-devel"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 conflicts="chroot-texinfo>=0"
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=11ba4358696e8be3b3c7cfc88b89cf69525791aeabf0ee0a59ca58ebbd3471e4
+checksum=ac68394ce21b2420ba7ed7cec65d84aacf308cc88e9bf4716fcfff88286883d2
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info/dir