diff --git a/templates/tzdata/template b/templates/tzdata/template
index 121ee7a6a81..2c2b6e871ad 100644
--- a/templates/tzdata/template
+++ b/templates/tzdata/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+# Template build file for 'tzdata'.
 pkgname=tzdata
 wrksrc=${pkgname}
-_dist_version=2009a
-version=0.${_dist_version}
+version=2009a
 distfiles="
-ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/${pkgname}${_dist_version}.tar.gz
-ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode${_dist_version}.tar.gz"
+ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/${pkgname}${version}.tar.gz
+ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/tzcode${version}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_makefile
 make_install_args="DESTDIR=$XBPS_DESTDIR/$pkgname-$version"
 short_desc="Time zone and daylight-saving time data"
diff --git a/templates/xbps-base-system/template b/templates/xbps-base-system/template
index 417a0eac7ab..4f9c85bcdf9 100644
--- a/templates/xbps-base-system/template
+++ b/templates/xbps-base-system/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ noarch=yes
 build_depends="man-pages-3.11 man-db-2.5.2 util-linux-ng-2.14.1
  initramfs-tools-0.92 less-4.24 kbd-1.14.1 procps-3.2.7
  sysklogd-1.5 eject-2.1.5 sudo-1.6 shadow-4.1 openssl-0.9.8
- kernel-2.6.27 tzdata-0.1 upstart-0.5"
+ kernel-2.6.27 tzdata-2009 upstart-0.5"
 
 run_depends="$build_depends coreutils-6.12 dash-0.5.4
  zlib-1.2.3 file-4.26 diffutils-2.8.1 sed-4.1.5 findutils-4.4.0