diff --git a/pv/.signature b/pv/.signature
index 6f2dd7ec8..f603f776e 100644
--- a/pv/.signature
+++ b/pv/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3/Yka3wMe9zutmmdthSd7LcizwAI3R8iJfZ92ytOwTzm/CHbFZqD7eMZfDL5/y+eCoRhiwZTwd1hxO/YtOtxVAo=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = fb34ff57d26396a6bb4c4ee1bf6be2e65d64f3875acdb207716c2f3ed99bfbae
+RWSagIOpLGJF31fQrC1jP2LeeKidCjxSQbngoc2Uc6BGL4VEJ8NcJ8vrP9ID6GjBw0S1wFPK8lcDt0D1wutcA+X/qOA9wdp8QwY=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = e4dcacdce65a0e2530e69b3e5cd2cff398a0bccae13c14df43947b8083cd5f82
 SHA256 (.footprint) = 6b12a404c2ad697635abbfe537668fcb6a299f5f4b02b691cfee00ae3970fdfe
-SHA256 (pv-1.8.5.tar.gz) = d22948d06be06a5be37336318de540a2215be10ab0163f8cd23a20149647b780
+SHA256 (pv-1.8.9.tar.gz) = a0789d8f8c5a08faf370b5a07d1d936aeff9504a4f49da76d4164797ac4606e6
diff --git a/pv/Pkgfile b/pv/Pkgfile
index 36d27d7ed..a58c72455 100644
--- a/pv/Pkgfile
+++ b/pv/Pkgfile
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@
 # Maintainer: Matt Housh, jaeger at crux dot ninja
 
 name=pv
-version=1.8.5
+version=1.8.9
 release=1
 source=(http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
 build() {
     cd $name-$version
-    #sed -i -e '/^all-am:.*/s/$(DATA)//g' Makefile.in
     sed -i -e '/^install-data-am:.*/s/install-dist_docDATA//g' Makefile.in
     ./configure --prefix=/usr \
         --disable-nls