diff --git a/srcpkgs/sparse-devel b/srcpkgs/sparse-devel
deleted file mode 120000
index 9f684a7754d..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/sparse-devel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sparse
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sparse/template b/srcpkgs/sparse/template
index a8f02c80048..3ea4849b2e8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sparse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sparse/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sparse'
 pkgname=sparse
-version=0.5.2
+version=0.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=yes
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Anthony Iliopoulos <ailiop@altatus.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git"
 distfiles="${homepage}/snapshot/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=5ca5b7be7240a97fbdc6194f18d64837f9af070aeb0c3052f0a5d014acf1d048
+checksum=08676b6188ac09a12035ecebf9353d786762c74dd7f036595c53bcc03bbc9932
 
 pre_build() {
 	make_build_args="CC=$CC LD=$CC AR=$AR"
@@ -18,13 +18,3 @@ pre_build() {
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
-
-sparse-devel_package() {
-	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/include
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	}
-}