diff --git a/srcpkgs/pygobject/pygobject-devel.template b/srcpkgs/pygobject/pygobject-devel.template
index 38e976f8110..fee7e570237 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pygobject/pygobject-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pygobject/pygobject-devel.template
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'pygobject-devel'.
 #
-noarch=yes
 depends="libffi-devel glib-devel libgirepository-devel
  pycairo-devel ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pygobject/template b/srcpkgs/pygobject/template
index 1b7330f263e..a8f98906e72 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pygobject/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pygobject/template
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'pygobject'
 pkgname=pygobject
-version=3.4.2
+version=3.8.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-pycompile_module="gi"
+pycompile_module="gi pygtkcompat"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 depends="python pycairo"
-makedepends="pkg-config glib-devel cairo-devel libffi-devel python-devel
- pycairo-devel gobject-introspection>=1.34.1.1"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gobject-introspection>=1.36"
+makedepends="pkg-config pycairo-devel glib-devel libffi-devel python-devel"
 short_desc="Python bindings for GObject"
 homepage="http://www.pygtk.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/3.4/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/3.8/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=2b87ef3170be3a20a53fbdb348ae4ecb41a72a17ec6531baa67147c3437d2aad
-long_desc="
- Pygobject is a set of Python bindings for the GLib's GObject library."
+checksum=9c57f581ae35587108c978cb116eeb7ec186b50c95b145f62033589ee248b32d