diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template b/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template
index 07c028973c6..6e7614bfeb9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-pexpect/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-pexpect'
 pkgname=python-pexpect
-version=4.0.1
+version=4.1.0
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="${pkgname/python-}-${version}"
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://pexpect.readthedocs.org/"
 license="ISC"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pexpect/pexpect-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=232795ebcaaf2e120396dbbaa3a129eda51757eeaae1911558f4ef8ee414fc6c
+checksum=c381c60f1987355b65df8f08a27f428831914c8a81091bd1778ac336fa2f27e7
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/^#!/d' pexpect/FSM.py
-}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }