diff --git a/srcpkgs/flex/template b/srcpkgs/flex/template
index 89fc539dc0b..2b7d2f5cbb3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flex/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flex/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'flex'
 pkgname=flex
-version=2.5.39
+version=2.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # YES REALLY! WE DONT WANT BINS LINKED TO LIBFL!
@@ -8,20 +8,18 @@ configure_args="--disable-shared"
 hostmakedepends="help2man bison"
 makedepends="bison"
 depends="bison libfl-devel-${version}_${revision}"
-replaces="libfl>=0"
 short_desc="The Fast Lexical Analyzer"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://flex.sourceforge.net"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/flex/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=add2b55f3bc38cb512b48fad7d72f43b11ef244487ff25fc00aabec1e32b617f
+checksum=24e611ef5a4703a191012f80c1027dc9d12555183ce0ecd46f3636e587e9b8e9
 
 pre_install() {
 	sed -i "s|.SUFFIXES: .dvi .html .info .pdf .ps .texi|.SUFFIXES: .info .texi|g" doc/Makefile
 }
-
 post_install() {
-	vinstall COPYING 644 usr/share/licenses/flex
+	vlicense COPYING
 }
 
 libfl-devel_package() {