diff --git a/srcpkgs/serf/template b/srcpkgs/serf/template
index 174fba1c813..ee3f630b5da 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/serf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/serf/template
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'serf'
 pkgname=serf
-version=1.3.8
-revision=10
-hostmakedepends="unzip scons"
+version=1.3.9
+revision=1
+build_style=scons
+hostmakedepends="scons apr-util-devel"
 makedepends="zlib-devel gdbm-devel libressl-devel apr-util-devel"
 short_desc="High-performance asynchronous HTTP client library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="http://serf.apache.org"
 distfiles="https://archive.apache.org/dist/serf/serf-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=e0500be065dbbce490449837bb2ab624e46d64fc0b090474d9acaa87c82b2590
+checksum=549c2d21c577a8a9c0450facb5cca809f26591f048e466552240947bdf7a87cc
 
-do_build() {
-	scons ${makejobs} CC="$CC" CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" PREFIX=/usr
-}
 do_install() {
-	vmkdir usr
 	scons PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr install
 }
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/serf/update b/srcpkgs/serf/update
deleted file mode 100644
index 2aa9adad6d0..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/serf/update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-site="http://serf.googlecode.com/svn/src_releases/"