diff --git a/r/PKGBUILD b/r/PKGBUILD
index b09e58231..13e31d705 100644
--- a/r/PKGBUILD
+++ b/r/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=r
-pkgver=3.5.1
+pkgver=3.5.2
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Language and environment for statistical computing and graphics"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ source=("http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-${pkgver%%.*}/R-${pkgver}.tar.gz"
 	'r.desktop'
 	'r.png'
 	'R.conf')
-sha256sums=('0463bff5eea0f3d93fa071f79c18d0993878fd4f2e18ae6cf22c1639d11457ed'
+sha256sums=('e53d8c3cf20f2b8d7a9c1631b6f6a22874506fb392034758b3bb341c586c5b62'
             '9301e9bcda74f69ae7eeb818c1ad8c3b46b30533d5b6f1f7bf6320c2333ab0f9'
             '1580d06a737951f4f3c903cbd514247d9071fc6868eb9c2de94bb999cc195cb1'
             'b7833166041b06f716b6a79095d27d4abd83549816dc53193213827139eae6ef')
diff --git a/r/r.install b/r/r.install
index 2fadc38e4..62d4e8189 100644
--- a/r/r.install
+++ b/r/r.install
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 post_install() {
-  update-desktop-database -q
   if [[ -x /usr/bin/mktexlsr ]]; then
      echo ">>> updating the filename database for texlive..."
      mktexlsr --quiet usr/share/texmf