diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template b/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template
index bafbca525b8..090fb2fcd60 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-scipy/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'python-scipy'
 pkgname=python-scipy
-version=0.17.0
+version=0.17.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc="scipy-${version}"
 build_style=python-module
@@ -14,16 +14,12 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.scipy.org/"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/s/scipy/scipy-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f600b755fb69437d0f70361f9e560ab4d304b1b66987ed5a28bdd9dd7793e089
+checksum=9c4cd2f8013cc4084230a0e858d7642963dbadfd76494d2fad3b0b29bebb38ac
 
 export ATLAS=None
 export FFLAGS="-fPIC"
 LDFLAGS="-shared"
 
-pre_build() {
-	# remove shebangs
-	find scipy -type f -name '*.py' -exec sed -i '/^#!.*python$/d' {} +
-}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE
 }