diff --git a/texmacs/PKGBUILD b/texmacs/PKGBUILD
index c5e44eaba..1f354de4e 100644
--- a/texmacs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/texmacs/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pkgname=texmacs
-pkgver=1.99.5
+pkgver=1.99.8
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="WYSIWYG Qt4 editor and graphical frontend to various CASes"
 arch=('x86_64')
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ conflicts=('texmacs-qt')
 install=${pkgname}.install
 options=('!emptydirs')
 source=("http://www.texmacs.org/Download/ftp/tmftp/source/TeXmacs-$pkgver-src.tar.gz")
-sha512sums=('a7d846fd8823e486cf724bfcbe04ae877dd64995d6131af59b49427a1178e36b52b9fcd9109783b9ae1e39c988ae9ed497b1540dce29645ebf2c4301ca7357a8')
+sha512sums=('4d2702e22d1a48f07c8a01fb60bd88a0f40fb4bf8cd931e8e8fc2936495fa4e9ed59680313a28ca4d1e2b383829dd428b917ce4ca4d17a0b18e3b1c236796c4e')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/TeXmacs-${pkgver}-src"
diff --git a/texmacs/texmacs.install b/texmacs/texmacs.install
index d6ef8dd5a..6b399fa54 100644
--- a/texmacs/texmacs.install
+++ b/texmacs/texmacs.install
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 post_install() {
-  update-desktop-database -q
   update-mime-database /usr/share/mime
-  gtk-update-icon-cache --force -t -q /usr/share/icons/gnome
 }
 
 post_upgrade() {