diff --git a/srcpkgs/eudev/template b/srcpkgs/eudev/template
index 3a54714ca92..726421f9700 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eudev/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eudev/template
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'eudev'
 
-_UDEV_VERSION="216" # compatible udev version provided
+_UDEV_VERSION="217" # compatible udev version provided
 
 pkgname=eudev
-version=1.10
+version=2.1.1
 revision=1
 conf_files="/etc/udev/udev.conf"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-libkmod $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config gperf glib-devel"
 makedepends="libblkid-devel libkmod-devel libglib-devel $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
-short_desc="systemd's udev fork (enhanced udev)"
+short_desc="systemd's udev fork (enhanced userland device daemon)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/eudev/"
 distfiles="http://dev.gentoo.org/~blueness/eudev/eudev-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=401eeb29147d3e24d87849a8006df62eadeb369d913484d59e9e35f3f73a20d1
+checksum=6aef101c5496a2dc45e669307d478dbccb0ee0462a285512edcda51ff12e0e6a
 
 replaces="systemd>=0"
-
-# Some udev rules expect an 'input' group.
-system_groups="input:25"
-
 # Package build options
 build_options="gir"