diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template
index 47624054340..2a4cd022b54 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-Simple/template
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # Template build file for 'perl-XML-Simple'.
 pkgname=perl-XML-Simple
-version=2.24
+version=2.25
 revision=1
 wrksrc="XML-Simple-$version"
 build_style=perl-module
 hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="${hostmakedepends} expat perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-SAX"
+makedepends="${hostmakedepends} perl-XML-Parser perl-XML-SAX"
 depends="${makedepends}"
-noarch="yes"
 short_desc="Easy Perl API to read/write XML"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/XML-Simple/"
-license="Artistic, GPL-1"
+license="Artistic-1.0-Perl, GPL-1.0-or-later"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/XML-Simple-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=9a14819fd17c75fbb90adcec0446ceab356cab0ccaff870f2e1659205dc2424f
+checksum=531fddaebea2416743eb5c4fdfab028f502123d9a220405a4100e68fc480dbf8
+noarch=yes