diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index 556df2418df6..058217f7c413 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 pkgbase = checkpassword
-	pkgdesc = A simple, uniform password-checking interface to all root applications.
+	pkgdesc = A simple, uniform password-checking interface to all root applications
 	pkgver = 0.90
 	pkgrel = 1
 	url = http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html
 	arch = i686
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = custom: as-is
-	depends = glibc
 	source = http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/checkpassword-0.90.tar.gz
 	md5sums = e75842e908f96571ae56c3da499ba1fc
 
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index c3de15066f29..8c33668f5a8c 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,30 +1,35 @@
-# $Id: PKGBUILD 4654 2008-07-08 08:58:05Z ronald $
-# Maintainer: eric <eric@archlinux.org>
+# Maintainer: Jaroslav Lichtblau <dragonlord@aur.archlinux.org>
+# Contributor: eric <eric@archlinux.org>
 # Contributor: Manolis Tzanidakis
-#
 
 pkgname=checkpassword
 pkgver=0.90
 pkgrel=1
-pkgdesc="A simple, uniform password-checking interface to all root applications."
+pkgdesc="A simple, uniform password-checking interface to all root applications"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html"
-depends=('glibc')
-source=(http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
 license=('custom: as-is')
+source=(http://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
 md5sums=('e75842e908f96571ae56c3da499ba1fc')
 
-build() {
-  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
-  
-  # fix errno.h in glibc-2.3.x
-  /bin/sed -i "s:extern int errno;:#include <errno.h>:" error.h 
-  /bin/echo "gcc ${CFLAGS}" > conf-cc
-  /usr/bin/make || return 1
-  /bin/install -D -m 755 checkpassword $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/checkpassword
+prepare() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"/$pkgname-$pkgver
 
-  # install copyright notice
- install -Dm644 $srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver/README \
-	$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/README
+# fix errno.h in glibc-2.3.x
+  sed -i "s:extern int errno;:#include <errno.h>:" error.h 
+  echo "gcc ${CFLAGS}" > conf-cc
+}
+
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"/$pkgname-$pkgver
+
+  make
+}
+
+package() {
+  cd "${srcdir}"/$pkgname-$pkgver
+
+  install -Dm755 $pkgname "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/$pkgname
+#license
+  install -Dm644 README "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/README
 }
-# vim: ts=2: ft=sh