diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell/template b/srcpkgs/aspell/template
index 58b8208a119..e1ec2d2cc00 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'aspell'
 pkgname=aspell
 version=0.60.8
-revision=4
+revision=5
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # we need to force aspell to use /usr/lib for data for two reasons:
 # - in multilib systems, it should use the native dicts instead of requiring
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ checksum=f9b77e515334a751b2e60daab5db23499e26c9209f5e7b7443b05235ad0226f2
 pre_configure() {
 	# XXX workaround ctor/dtor ordering with musl
 	export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS/-O?/-O0}"
-	sed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.ac
+	vsed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.ac
 	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ libaspell_package() {
 }
 
 aspell-devel_package() {
-	depends="ncurses-devel aspell>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="aspell>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include