diff --git a/srcpkgs/iptables/iptables-devel.template b/srcpkgs/iptables/iptables-devel.template
index da749ffbb75..58528e185d6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iptables/iptables-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iptables/iptables-devel.template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'iptables-devel'.
 #
-depends="iptables>=${version}"
+noarch=yes
+depends="${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
@@ -10,5 +11,4 @@ do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
-	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iptables/template b/srcpkgs/iptables/template
index 2dbd4c897c6..b7aa4399c4a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/iptables/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/iptables/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'iptables'
 pkgname=iptables
-version=1.4.15
+version=1.4.16.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-libipq --enable-shared --enable-static"
+configure_args="--enable-libipq --enable-shared --disable-static"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 short_desc="Linux IPv[46] packet filtering ruleset"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.netfilter.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="$homepage/projects/iptables/files/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=867c144e60075e7bebe6fcecf0b65169d5e2d1fa5ceec2ebd9780cd5026123ea
+checksum=4468ce7e1d68349a8e30f26110eb7969dbfdbf497d6c53758883123b3f2d6f6e
 long_desc="
  iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the Linux
  IPv4 packet filtering ruleset. It is targeted towards system administrators.