diff --git a/srcpkgs/gzip/template b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
index c7104a798b2..d86d34c444c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gzip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gzip/template
@@ -1,23 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'gzip'
 pkgname=gzip
-version=1.5
-revision=2
+version=1.6
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="GNU compression utility (replacement for compress)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=b5d56e8ffc9918e8c941fab56e04121194f9870adeeb859e09c09eac264035a3
-
-pre_configure() {
-	sed -i -e '/gets is a/d' lib/stdio.in.h
-}
-
-post_build() {
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info
-	touch -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/info/dir
-}
+checksum=97eb83b763d9e5ad35f351fe5517e6b71521d7aac7acf3e3cacdb6b1496d8f7e
 
 gzip_package() {
 	conflicts="chroot-gzip>=0"