diff --git a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
index 7f1068dbd..cb6577446 100644
--- a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Contributor: Jason Plum <max@warheads.net>
 
 pkgname=nodejs
-pkgver=0.8.7
+pkgver=0.8.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Evented I/O for V8 javascript'
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64' 'arm')
@@ -18,14 +18,11 @@ checkdepends=('curl') # curl used for check()
 optdepends=('openssl: TLS support')
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("http://nodejs.org/dist/v${pkgver}/node-v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-sha1sums=('58ffb5884304e2f8415d8cee7921c42f66fc8d7b')
+sha1sums=('5ddafc059d2f774e35e6375f5b61157879a46f0f')
 
 build() {
   cd node-v${pkgver}
 
-  # fs#30766 # moved back to install.py
-#  sed -i "s|var npmDir = path.resolve(node_prefix, 'lib/node_modules/npm');|var npmDir = path.join(dest_dir, node_prefix, 'lib/node_modules/npm');|" tools/installer.js
-
   msg 'fixing for python2 name'
   find -type f -exec sed -e 's_^#!/usr/bin/env python$_&2_' -e 's_^\(#!/usr/bin/python2\).[45]$_\1_' -e 's_^#!/usr/bin/python$_&2_' -e "s_'python'_'python2'_" -i {} \;
   find test -type f -exec sed -e "s|python |python2 |" -i {} \;