diff --git a/mingw-w64-pelican/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-pelican/PKGBUILD
index 28164a9e5b..30b623d804 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-pelican/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-pelican/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 _realname=pelican
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}")
-pkgver=4.2.0
-pkgrel=2
+pkgver=4.6.0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='A tool to generate a static blog, with restructured text (or markdown) input files (mingw-w64)'
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw32' 'mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clang32')
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ optdepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-markdown: Markdown support"
 	          #"${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python-mdx-video: easier embedding of youtube videos in markdown"
            )
 source=("pelican-${pkgver}.tar.gz"::"https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz")
-install=${_realname}-${CARCH}.install
-sha256sums=('4b0d4c9439217b49ace89f4f8b52c90e13fa283a786d7b12e2020a11f32f9a33')
+sha256sums=('10ce79afba58ba70accbfe827f114e69d60ba4ec5088b628c15c6a9be1220b8e')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}"
@@ -67,13 +66,14 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
   cd "${srcdir}/python-build-${CARCH}"
+  PYTHONUTF8=1 \
   MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="--prefix=;--install-scripts=;--install-platlib=" \
     ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=${MINGW_PREFIX} --root="${pkgdir}" -O1 --skip-build
-  # fix python command in files
-  local PREFIX_WIN=$(cygpath -wm ${MINGW_PREFIX})
-  for _ff in "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/*.py"; do
-    sed -e "s|${PREFIX_WIN}|${MINGW_PREFIX}|g" -i ${_ff}
+
+  for _f in "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}"/bin/*-script.py; do
+    sed -e '1 { s/^#!.*$// }' -i ${_f}
   done
+
   # documentation
   local _docdir="${srcdir}/python-build-${CARCH}/docs/_build"
   mkdir -p "${pkgdir}${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/man/man1"
diff --git a/mingw-w64-pelican/pelican-i686.install b/mingw-w64-pelican/pelican-i686.install
deleted file mode 100644
index 561c9df626..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-pelican/pelican-i686.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-post_install() {
-  cd mingw32
-  local _prefix=$(pwd -W)
-  cd -
-  local _it
-  for _it in pelican pelican-import pelican-quickstart pelican-themes; do
-    sed -e "s|/mingw32|${_prefix}|g" \
-        -i ${_prefix}/bin/${_it}-script.py
-  done
-}
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  post_install
-}
diff --git a/mingw-w64-pelican/pelican-x86_64.install b/mingw-w64-pelican/pelican-x86_64.install
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ec65b1ee..0000000000
--- a/mingw-w64-pelican/pelican-x86_64.install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-post_install() {
-  cd mingw64
-  local _prefix=$(pwd -W)
-  cd -
-  local _it
-  for _it in pelican pelican-import pelican-quickstart pelican-themes; do
-    sed -e "s|/mingw64|${_prefix}|g" \
-        -i ${_prefix}/bin/${_it}-script.py
-  done
-}
-
-post_upgrade() {
-  post_install
-}