diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template
index 80eee3c6fdc..27402201c5d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-sqlite/template
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'python-sqlite'
 pkgname=python-sqlite
-version=2.8.0
+version=2.8.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="pysqlite-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
 hostmakedepends="python-devel"
 makedepends="sqlite-devel ${hostmakedepends}"
 pycompile_module="pysqlite2"
-replaces="pysqlite>=0"
-short_desc="Python2 DB-API 2.0 interface for SQLite databases"
-homepage="https://code.google.com/p/pysqlite/"
+short_desc="Python2 DB-API 2.0 interface for SQLite 3.x databases"
+homepage="https://github.com/ghaering/pysqlite"
 license="MIT"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-distfiles="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pysqlite/pysqlite-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9d87fc5efc61bf790619ff0e398ac3c73411a7ba5bf88802fdeba07229860674
+distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/p/pysqlite/pysqlite-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=75cae18f9646f2a6137e1fb5302dba674b6982eeab3a2829377e98b13cfea066
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/pysqlite*
+	vlicense LICENSE
 }