diff --git a/packages/pystring/CMakeLists.txt b/packages/pystring/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7077dbc0d8..0000000000
--- a/packages/pystring/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-project(pystring
-	LANGUAGES CXX
-	)
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-O3 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wconversion -Wcast-qual -Wformat=2 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
-
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-mark_as_advanced(CLEAR CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
-                       CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR
-					   )
-
-add_library(pystring SHARED
-    pystring.cpp
-	)
-
-set_target_properties(pystring PROPERTIES 
-    SOVERSION 0.0
-	)
-
-install(TARGETS pystring
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-	)
-
-install(FILES pystring.h
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/pystring
-	)
-
-add_executable(test pystring.cpp test.cpp)
-target_compile_definitions(test PRIVATE PYSTRING_UNITTEST=1)
diff --git a/packages/pystring/build.sh b/packages/pystring/build.sh
index 871295d736..a1646f0fe9 100644
--- a/packages/pystring/build.sh
+++ b/packages/pystring/build.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/imageworks/pystring
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="C++ functions matching the interface and behavior of python string methods with std::string"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD 3-Clause"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.3
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.1.4
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/imageworks/pystring/archive/refs/tags/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=358a56e756e701836b69a31c75d3d9d41c34d447cf7b3775bbd5620dcd3203d9
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=49da0fe2a049340d3c45cce530df63a2278af936003642330287b68cefd788fb
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libc++"
 
-termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/CMakeLists.txt $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/
+termux_step_post_make_install() {
+	install -Dm600 -t $TERMUX_PREFIX/include/pystring \
+		$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/pystring.h
 }