diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/grub-x86_64-efi.template b/srcpkgs/grub/grub-x86_64-efi.template
index 120f3d8f08f..5e378c89f22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/grub-x86_64-efi.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/grub-x86_64-efi.template
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 noarch=yes
 depends="grub>=$version dosfstools efibootmgr"
 short_desc="${short_desc} -- x86_64 EFI support"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains supports for x86_64 EFI booting."
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi usr/lib/grub
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/patches/gettext_quiet.patch b/srcpkgs/grub/patches/gettext_quiet.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83a894a6bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/patches/gettext_quiet.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description: Silence error messages when translations are unavailable
+Author: Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
+Bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?35880
+Last-Update: 2012-09-06
+
+Index: grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+===================================================================
+--- grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
++++ grub-core/gettext/gettext.c
+@@ -412,6 +412,14 @@
+ 
+       grub_free (lang);
+     }
++
++  /* If no translations are available, fall back to untranslated text. */
++  if (err == GRUB_ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
++    {
++      grub_errno = GRUB_ERR_NONE;
++      return 0;
++    }
++
+   return err;
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/template b/srcpkgs/grub/template
index 1ab964465e8..4279f9f3f76 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/template
@@ -1,23 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'grub'
 pkgname=grub
 version="2.00"
-revision=8
+revision=9
 short_desc="GRand Unified Bootloader 2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/"
 distfiles="$GNU_SITE/grub/grub-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=784ec38e7edc32239ad75b8e66df04dc8bfb26d88681bc9f627133a6eb85c458
-long_desc="
- This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader.
- GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more
- robust, more powerful, and more portable."
 
 makedepends="flex libusb-compat-devel ncurses-devel freetype-devel
  liblzma-devel device-mapper-devel font-unifont-bdf fuse-devel"
 
 depends="os-prober"
-
 conf_files="/etc/default/grub /etc/grub.d/40_custom"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then