config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MSGPACK
        bool "python-msgpack"
-       depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # msgpack
-       depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4 # msgpack
-       select BR2_PACKAGE_MSGPACK
        help
          MessagePack (http://msgpack.org/) is a fast, compact binary
          serialization format, suitable for similar data to JSON.
-         This package provides CPython bindings for reading and
-         writing MessagePack data.
+         This package provides a pure python library for reading
+         and writing MessagePack data.
 
          https://pypi.python.org/pypi/msgpack-python/
-
-comment "python-msgpack needs a toolchain w/ C++"
-       depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4
-       depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 
-# md5 from https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=show_md5&digest=eb2aad1081534ef3a9f32a0ecd350b9b, sha356 locally computed.
-md5    eb2aad1081534ef3a9f32a0ecd350b9b  msgpack-python-0.4.7.tar.gz
-sha256 5e001229a54180a02dcdd59db23c9978351af55b1290c27bc549e381f43acd6b  msgpack-python-0.4.7.tar.gz
+# md5 from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/msgpack-python/json, sha256 locally computed.
+md5    dcd854fb41ee7584ebbf35e049e6be98  msgpack-python-0.4.8.tar.gz
+sha256 1a2b19df0f03519ec7f19f826afb935b202d8979b0856c6fb3dc28955799f886  msgpack-python-0.4.8.tar.gz
 
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_MSGPACK_VERSION = 0.4.7
+PYTHON_MSGPACK_VERSION = 0.4.8
 PYTHON_MSGPACK_SOURCE = msgpack-python-$(PYTHON_MSGPACK_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_MSGPACK_SITE = https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/m/msgpack-python
+PYTHON_MSGPACK_SITE = https://pypi.python.org/packages/21/27/8a1d82041c7a2a51fcc73675875a5f9ea06c2663e02fcfeb708be1d081a0
 PYTHON_MSGPACK_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 PYTHON_MSGPACK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 PYTHON_MSGPACK_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
-PYTHON_MSGPACK_DEPENDENCIES = msgpack
 
 $(eval $(python-package))