diff --git a/nodejs/PKGBUILD b/nodejs/PKGBUILD
index 3dcdbbee8..9d850b3bb 100644
--- a/nodejs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/nodejs/PKGBUILD
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Contributor: TIanyi Cui <tianyicui@gmail.com>
 
 pkgname=nodejs
-pkgver=0.6.19
+pkgver=0.8.0
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications."
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -19,21 +19,12 @@ depends=('python2' 'openssl')
 checkdepends=('curl') # curl used for check()
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("http://nodejs.org/dist/v${pkgver}/node-v${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-md5sums=('f5669a9717422b811c6bad1cc961b1e5')
+md5sums=('7efde00ad3292d4c56ad607ab676d935')
 
 build() {
   cd "node-v${pkgver}"
 
-  msg "Fixing for python2 name"
-  find -type f -exec sed -e 's_^#!/usr/bin/env python$_&2_' -e 's_^\(#!/usr/bin/python2\).[45]$_\1_' -e 's_^#!/usr/bin/python$_&2_' -e "s_'python'_'python2'_" -i \{\} \;
-  find './test' -type f -exec sed -e 's|python |python2 |' -i \{\} \;
-  sed -i "s|cmd_R = 'python |cmd_R = 'python2 |" wscript
-  sed -i "s|python |python2 |" Makefile
-  find './test' -type f -exec sed -e 's/python/&2/' -i \{\} \;
-  sed -i 's/python/&2/' configure
-
   export PYTHON=python2
-
   ./configure --prefix=/usr
 
   make
@@ -41,10 +32,7 @@ build() {
 
 check() {
   cd "node-v${pkgver}"
-
-  # test failures in 0.6 are known
-  # specifically https://github.com/joyent/node/pull/1699
-  make test || true
+  make test
 }
 
 package() {