diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
index 8cec67f7791..de79273c10e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/glib-devel.template
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'glib-devel'.
 #
 depends="zlib-devel pcre-devel libffi-devel perl glib-${version}_${revision}"
-short_desc="${short_desc} (development files)"
-long_desc="${long_desc}
-
- This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
-
+short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/gdbus-2.0/codegen"
 
 do_install() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/glib/template b/srcpkgs/glib/template
index ee02b2360d6..cbbf36c12f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glib/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'glib'
 pkgname=glib
 version=2.34.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 subpackages="glib-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-fam --with-pcre=system --enable-static
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ homepage="http://www.gtk.org/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/glib/2.34/glib-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=855fcbf87cb93065b488358e351774d8a39177281023bae58c286f41612658a7
-long_desc="
- GLib is a library containing many useful C routines for things such
- as trees, hashes, lists and strings. It is a useful general purpose
- C library used by projects such as GTK+, GIMP and GNOME."