diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas-devel.template
index 51fd9e500b3..15ba2cfbb14 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas-devel.template
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'libgnomecanvas-devel'.
 #
-depends="gtk+-devel libart-devel libgnomecanvas"
+depends="gtk+-devel libart-devel libgnomecanvas-${version}_${revision}"
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
+noarch=yes
 
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/{lib,share}
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
-	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/lib*.a ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/gtk-doc ${DESTDIR}/usr/share
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas.rshlibs
index 77f51277516..0db473aa293 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/libgnomecanvas.rshlibs
@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@ libgailutil.so.18
 libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0
 libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0
 libatk-1.0.so.0
-libgio-2.0.so.0
-libpangocairo-1.0.so.0
 libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0
-libcairo.so.2
 libart_lgpl_2.so.2
 libpangoft2-1.0.so.0
 libpango-1.0.so.0
-libfreetype.so.6
-libfontconfig.so.1
 libgobject-2.0.so.0
 libglib-2.0.so.0
 libm.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/template b/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/template
index 865b12c86e5..9b449b8d0e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgnomecanvas/template
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'libgnomecanvas'
 pkgname=libgnomecanvas
 version=2.30.3
-distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.30/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+revision=4
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-revision=3
+configure_args="--disable-static"
 makedepends="pkg-config intltool gtk+-devel libart-devel"
 short_desc="GNOME Canvas library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/2.30/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=859b78e08489fce4d5c15c676fec1cd79782f115f516e8ad8bed6abcb8dedd40
 long_desc="
  This is the canvas widget library for GNOME2. Libgnomecanvas was
@@ -20,6 +22,3 @@ long_desc="
  antialiased, alpha-compositing engine. Applications have a choice between
  the Xlib imaging model or a superset of the PostScript imaging model,
  depending on the level of graphic sophistication required."
-
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
-