diff --git a/templates/bash/template b/templates/bash/template
index 41fb2c762a7..ca84e93cca7 100644
--- a/templates/bash/template
+++ b/templates/bash/template
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 # Template build file for 'bash'.
 pkgname=bash
-# This matches current version + latest patchlevel
-bash_distver=3.2
-bash_patchver=048
-version=$bash_distver.$bash_patchver
-wrksrc=$pkgname-$bash_distver
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bash/$pkgname-$bash_distver.tar.gz"
+version=3.2.48
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--without-bash-malloc --with-curses
  --bindir=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version/bin
  ac_cv_func_working_mktime=yes"
 short_desc="The GNU Bourne Again Shell"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=26c99025b59e30779300b68adb764f824974d267a4d7cc1b347d14a2393f9fb4
+checksum=28e9dc561b48a6675dbb30b5875e066d74cfac6a4eb261755dd2d93a38d301c5
 long_desc="
  Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from
  the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to
@@ -28,18 +24,3 @@ long_desc="
 base_chroot=yes
 build_depends="bison-2.3 ncurses-5.6"
 run_depends="glibc-2.8 ncurses-5.6"
-
-pre_configure()
-{
-	# Apply all patches for current (3.2) version.
-	local URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-$bash_distver-patches"
-
-	for p in $(seq -w 001 $bash_patchver); do
-		if [ ! -f "$XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/bash32-$p" ]; then
-			msg_normal "Fetching $pkgname-$version patch: bash32-$p."
-			cd $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR && $fetch_cmd $URL/bash32-$p || bye 1
-		fi
-		msg_normal "Applying patch: bash32-$p."
-		cd $wrksrc && patch -s -p0 < $XBPS_SRCDISTDIR/bash32-$p || bye 1
-	done
-}