diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
index 89fcb5e89d2..cc882569a92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-devel/template
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version="$(date -u +%Y%m%d)"
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/ --includedir=/usr/include
 --datadir=/usr/share --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pie"
-revision=1
 short_desc="The XBPS package system (development branch)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://code.google.com/p/xbps"