diff --git a/libarchive/.footprint b/libarchive/.footprint
index b24984f2..8b26d8d7 100644
--- a/libarchive/.footprint
+++ b/libarchive/.footprint
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.a
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.la
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.so -> libarchive.so.2.8.0
-lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.so.2 -> libarchive.so.2.8.0
--rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.so.2.8.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.so -> libarchive.so.2.8.3
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.so.2 -> libarchive.so.2.8.3
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libarchive.so.2.8.3
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 -rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libarchive.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
diff --git a/libarchive/.md5sum b/libarchive/.md5sum
index bc19609c..8b8b9951 100644
--- a/libarchive/.md5sum
+++ b/libarchive/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1 @@
-400fd9ba51fffe6c65c75387fffba9d9  libarchive-2.8.0.tar.gz
+fe8d917e101d4b37580124030842a1d0  libarchive-2.8.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/libarchive/Pkgfile b/libarchive/Pkgfile
index 59a2cd20..a6d51387 100644
--- a/libarchive/Pkgfile
+++ b/libarchive/Pkgfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Depends on: bzip2, xz, zlib
 
 name=libarchive
-version=2.8.0
+version=2.8.3
 release=1
 source=(http://$name.googlecode.com/files/$name-$version.tar.gz)
 
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ build() {
 
 	# We're passing --without-lzmadec, because we want to use xz for
 	# LZMA support, not the obsolete lzmadec library.
+	#
+	# We're passing --without-xml2 and --without-expat to avoid linking
+	# to libraries which are only available in opt. XML support is only
+	# needed for the xar format which we can live without.
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/man \
-	            --disable-xattr --without-lzmadec
+	            --disable-xattr --without-lzmadec \
+	            --without-xml2 --without-expat
 
 	make
 	make DESTDIR=$PKG install