diff --git a/vala/.signature b/vala/.signature
index fe06c5cee..5f244d713 100644
--- a/vala/.signature
+++ b/vala/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF3+vNyhgZDEMJDaOuakp+QQUSBkJPLk6tfy6hRvANKbfm4IQ7y8lWNTag0+MAObnGWZVa4gHJorCdcRyuSfGPUA0=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 2dbf623cd3517bff79fedd1edff3417073e9129ef97ce156ad3a1d10ec23594d
+RWSagIOpLGJF3wTgRE5gp/RbSo+o6lb57KUKAtcxqF++0sRQyiFMH7Fvq5pCxAvdIXaiR8IUEOSrdlfIAaDO/xOIyHH2geyx0gQ=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = d48fc0013f05d8449e58cfe420daa97d5d740a49815d0cd676125f577467405b
 SHA256 (.footprint) = e480f3294e1293d2b6ce18cb3798cb643322c289bd17d0d7767147ba21ddc965
-SHA256 (vala-0.48.8.tar.xz) = c83a9b7292627bc259dae7cd414c813a48f285b4b2f4b574fa28e6af9a582ab4
+SHA256 (vala-0.48.9.tar.xz) = 9cea16d3bb3daddbfe0556b99fbfa08146230db7651e1e674cd08b4df5cefea9
diff --git a/vala/Pkgfile b/vala/Pkgfile
index 6f4ccd65a..771e48bbb 100644
--- a/vala/Pkgfile
+++ b/vala/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on:  glib
 
 name=vala
-version=0.48.8
+version=0.48.9
 release=1
 source=(https://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/${version%.*}/vala-$version.tar.xz)
 
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ build() {
     --disable-valadoc
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+  rm -r $PKG/usr/share/devhelp || true
 }