diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg
deleted file mode 100644
index 148661bce42..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/INSTALL.msg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-NOTICE: /etc/matplotlibrc is no longer supported as configuration file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template
index 70cf405be19..fd89abc57a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-matplotlib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python3-matplotlib'
 pkgname=python3-matplotlib
-version=3.8.0
-revision=2
+version=3.8.1
+revision=1
 build_style=python3-pep517
 build_helper="numpy"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3-setuptools_scm python3-certifi
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ license="custom:matplotlib, BSD-3-Clause, MIT"
 homepage="https://matplotlib.org/"
 changelog="https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/releases"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/m/matplotlib/matplotlib-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=df8505e1c19d5c2c26aff3497a7cbd3ccfc2e97043d1e4db3e76afa399164b69
+checksum=044df81c1f6f3a8e52d70c4cfcb44e77ea9632a10929932870dfaa90de94365d
 replaces="python3-matplotlib-data>=0"
 # Comparison of images is too frail for validation
 make_check="no"