diff --git a/srcpkgs/borgmatic/template b/srcpkgs/borgmatic/template
index 9980833fd79..03871d71b41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/borgmatic/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/borgmatic/template
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 # Template file for 'borgmatic'
 pkgname=borgmatic
-version=1.2.6
+version=1.2.7
 revision=1
+noarch=yes
 build_style=python3-module
 pycompile_module="borgmatic"
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-devel"
-makedepends="python3-devel"
-depends="borg python3-ruamel.yaml python3-pykwalify"
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
+depends="borg python3-setuptools python3-ruamel.yaml python3-pykwalify"
 checkdepends="python3-ruamel.yaml python3-pytest python3-flexmock
  python3-pykwalify"
-short_desc="Simple wrapper script for the Borg backup software"
+short_desc="Wrapper script for the Borg backup software"
 maintainer="Renato Aguiar <renato@renag.me>"
 license="GPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://torsion.org/borgmatic/"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/borgmatic/borgmatic-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5ecab809c61bb9b3cbc4182b93d0e1d2c8cbde729b9f3c9e83f8a080124408b6
+checksum=b32012fac0b9eb35f41ddef990df02be16cbc18e72dda1b04ee8bfac2eb9df23
 
 do_check() {
 	# The tests use the NEWS file to get version and checks against
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ do_check() {
 	echo ${version} > ${wrksrc}/NEWS
 	python3 -m pytest
 }
+post_install() {
+	# remove tests directory polluting site-packages
+	rm -rf ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/tests
+}