diff --git a/core/nettle/PKGBUILD b/core/nettle/PKGBUILD
index 506776c1e..ab3923a94 100644
--- a/core/nettle/PKGBUILD
+++ b/core/nettle/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  - disable neon, assembler
 
 pkgname=nettle
-pkgver=2.7.1
+pkgver=3.1
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="A low-level cryptographic library"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ url="http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/"
 license=('GPL2')
 install=$pkgname.install
 depends=('gmp')
-source=(http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
-md5sums=('003d5147911317931dd453520eb234a5')
+source=(https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz{,.sig})
+md5sums=('075a3699cbab48ffa2ea6f9aad91e123'
+         'SKIP')
+validpgpkeys=('343C2FF0FBEE5EC2EDBEF399F3599FF828C67298') # Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
 
 build() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
-  ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib \
-	--enable-shared --disable-arm-neon --disable-assembler
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+	--disable-static --disable-arm-neon --disable-assembler
   make
 }
 
@@ -32,7 +34,4 @@ check() {
 package() {
   cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
   make DESTDIR="$pkgdir/" install
-  
-  # remove static libs 	#--disable-static - build would break (since nettle 2.6) - and had no effect before
-  rm -f ${pkgdir}/usr/lib/{libhogweed,libnettle}.a
 }