diff --git a/srcpkgs/redis/template b/srcpkgs/redis/template
index 9b15392d474..5530f8c114e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/redis/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/redis/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'redis'
 pkgname=redis
-version=2.8.19
+version=3.0.0
 revision=1
 makedepends="jemalloc-devel"
 homepage="http://redis.io"
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ distfiles="http://download.redis.io/releases/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 short_desc="advanced key-value store"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="BSD"
-checksum=29bb08abfc3d392b2f0c3e7f48ec46dd09ab1023f9a5575fc2a93546f4ca5145
+checksum=654c95c6236692dcb916fccba9a34d0877cc91338c8b6a372511e6eb080e34bf
+
 system_accounts="redis"
 redis_homedir="/var/lib/redis"
 conf_files="/etc/redis/redis.conf"
@@ -16,9 +17,6 @@ make_dirs="
 	/var/lib/redis 0700 redis redis
 	/run/redis 0750 redis redis"
 build_options="systemd"
-if [ "$build_option_systemd" ]; then
-	systemd_services="redis.service on"
-fi
 
 do_configure() {
 	sed -i \
@@ -26,11 +24,9 @@ do_configure() {
 		-e "s|^dir .*|dir ${redis_homedir}|" \
 		-e "s|^pidfile .*|pidfile /run/redis/redis.pid|" redis.conf
 }
-
 do_build() {
 	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" ${makejobs}
 }
-
 do_install() {
 	make INSTALL_BIN="${DESTDIR}/usr/bin" PREFIX=/usr install
 	vlicense COPYING