diff --git a/srcpkgs/libedit/template b/srcpkgs/libedit/template
index e61d3811632..f4eca4b03d7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libedit/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libedit
 _datever=20170329
 _distver=3.1
 version=${_datever}.${_distver}
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_datever}-${_distver}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ checksum=91f2d90fbd2a048ff6dad7131d9a39e690fd8a8fd982a353f1333dd4017dd4be
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
+	# history.3 conflicts with readline-devel
+	rm ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man3/history.3
 }
 
 libedit-devel_package() {