diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-urllib3/template b/srcpkgs/python-urllib3/template
index 766da25e6b7..3f354488f86 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-urllib3/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-urllib3/template
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'python-urllib3'
 pkgname=python-urllib3
-version=1.25.6
-revision=2
+version=1.25.8
+revision=1
 archs=noarch
 wrksrc="urllib3-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
-pycompile_module="urllib3"
 hostmakedepends="python-setuptools python3-setuptools"
 depends="python-six"
 short_desc="HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling (Python2)"
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/u/urllib3/urllib3-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9a107b99a5393caf59c7aa3c1249c16e6879447533d0887f4336dde834c7be86
+checksum=87716c2d2a7121198ebcb7ce7cccf6ce5e9ba539041cfbaeecfb641dc0bf6acc
 
 post_install() {
 	# replace bundled copy of six
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ post_install() {
 python3-urllib3_package() {
 	archs=noarch
 	depends="python3-six"
-	pycompile_module="urllib3"
 	short_desc="${short_desc/Python2/Python3}"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3*