diff --git a/srcpkgs/flake8/template b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
index 6a885e01ccb..d8f2b095644 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/flake8/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/flake8/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'flake8'
 pkgname=flake8
-version=3.7.7
+version=3.7.8
 revision=1
 archs=noarch
 build_style=python3-module
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/f/flake8/flake8-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=859996073f341f2670741b51ec1e67a01da142831aa1fdc6242dbf88dffbe661
+checksum=19241c1cbc971b9962473e4438a2ca19749a7dd002dd1a946eaba171b4114548
 
 pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/setup_requires/d' setup.py
+	vsed -i '/setup_requires/d' setup.py
 }
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE