diff --git a/srcpkgs/highlight/template b/srcpkgs/highlight/template
index 5bfc991799b..0ddebe13712 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/highlight/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/highlight/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'highlight'
 pkgname=highlight
-version=3.58
+version=4.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config swig perl"
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/highlight.php"
 distfiles="http://www.andre-simon.de/zip/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=df80251be1f83adfc58aaad589fd9a8f9a3866b0d89b9f3c81b1696f07db45f8
+checksum=3a4b6aa55b9837ea217f78e1f52bb294dbf3aaf4ccf8a5553cf859be4fbf3907
+# No check target, fails spectacularly when asked
+make_check=no
 conf_files="/etc/highlight/filetypes.conf"
 
 post_extract() {
@@ -29,13 +31,8 @@ pre_build() {
 	make -C extras/swig perl "CXX=$CXX -fPIC -lperl $CFLAGS $_ecflags $LDFLAGS"
 }
 
-do_check() {
-	# No check target, fails spectacularly when asked
-	:
-}
-
 post_install() {
-	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/highlight/extras
+	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/highlight/extras
 }
 
 highlight-perl_package() {