diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby-webrick/template b/srcpkgs/ruby-webrick/template
index 8b39a15add6..6eec2b49f16 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby-webrick/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby-webrick/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ruby-webrick'
 pkgname=ruby-webrick
-version=1.7.0
+version=1.8.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gemspec
 hostmakedepends="ruby"
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://rubygems.org/gems/webrick"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ruby/webrick/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=25df35c696301deddec8cc929954284fa3dfaa86ad90c0cce2ecc5740c476545
+checksum=7a479503b02e1351a7b3fc6814a57e986d94f4ea32796d3067ed89c342aefdcb
 
 post_install() {
-	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt
 }