diff --git a/testing/modemmanager/APKBUILD b/testing/modemmanager/APKBUILD
index 30c34402d1b..fe34e65cfd2 100644
--- a/testing/modemmanager/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/modemmanager/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Contributor: Stuart Cardall <developer@it-offshore.co.uk>
 # Maintainer: Stuart Cardall <developer@it-offshore.co.uk>
 pkgname=modemmanager
-pkgver=1.4.6
+pkgver=1.4.8
 pkgrel=0
 pkgdesc="ModemManager library"
 url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ModemManager"
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ license="GPL2, LGPL2.1"
 depends_dev=""
 makedepends="$depends_dev gobject-introspection-dev gtk-doc intltool vala udev-dev polkit-dev
 		libmbim-dev libqmi-dev linux-headers"
-install="$pkgname.post-install"
 subpackages="$pkgname-dev $pkgname-lang $pkgname-doc libmm-glib:libmm libmm-glib-dev:libmmdev"
 source="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/ModemManager/ModemManager-$pkgver.tar.xz
 	no-XCASE.patch
@@ -73,14 +72,22 @@ package() {
 	mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d"
 	install -m644 -D "$srcdir/$pkgname.rules" \
                 "$pkgdir/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/01-org.freedesktop.ModemManager.rules" || return 1
+	# post-install message
+        mkdir -p "$pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname"
+        cat > $pkgdir/usr/share/doc/$pkgname/README.alpine <<EOF
+If your USB modem shows up as a Flash drive when you plug it in:
+
+install 'usb-modeswitch' to automatically switch to USB modem mode whenever you plug it in.
+To control your modem without the root password: add your user account to the 'plugdev' group.
+EOF
 }
 
-md5sums="158a5b5206d933121a993fd603a36b2a  ModemManager-1.4.6.tar.xz
+md5sums="03242732a8dbaccd52100b7e7bb1998e  ModemManager-1.4.8.tar.xz
 63288189ea454e9712dc26d76d75277d  no-XCASE.patch
 735e155a785554349906c09dd36d3866  modemmanager.rules"
-sha256sums="0cedabf46310f8c56630b116944f54ee64369c76c2f35f5f460ca19a8bb5a5cd  ModemManager-1.4.6.tar.xz
+sha256sums="d951eaffbe513bcde54f90602c6c423a49593f656d6485ba95f6fcb4bc1e8003  ModemManager-1.4.8.tar.xz
 5e5b87b580faf14e4c56ccc7f9f189522742a64ab365b26751dcc86e68dedb87  no-XCASE.patch
 577807e59b1e95757a4d94922c66f7f36487922c5092a6c148e7db6a4dc6afe8  modemmanager.rules"
-sha512sums="fb74961df2e3e1604de58838da6e8dd7cf80fee97dbfd71eb7f2df60cc319bf38df8c5706a5933856c500b014d3156066e608bb0820c967ddbd964bd9fc2fdec  ModemManager-1.4.6.tar.xz
+sha512sums="6dfbdbf579d1b7dd624836877d6556cdb15eec73c60c329d1d6200563495f8943d90f55e2d4e98b7741c05a19f11ac2de61dcabb4aec16a2ae61db453eafc3b5  ModemManager-1.4.8.tar.xz
 5c537e4a86212339d0c41ae3e1055513051a0d6e51bdf2547a38054fbe802feeac2ff46c863ab69423a6693ac33ebacec7a771d4b270aeb5fe6e6bb601361f23  no-XCASE.patch
 3c76ee577334e25c836857f8e7fef6a249cdd9fcd8f889cb64d9c1667bc6a95c087267a153bddd1a13256c59f8cd578ccb448e6b9cb54b73bb74acb8a0ca1e3f  modemmanager.rules"
diff --git a/testing/modemmanager/modemmanager.post-install b/testing/modemmanager/modemmanager.post-install
deleted file mode 100644
index 05eb1f2b7dc..00000000000
--- a/testing/modemmanager/modemmanager.post-install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-NORMAL="\033[1;0m"
-STRONG="\033[1;1m"
-GREEN="\033[1;32m"
-
-print_strong() {
-        local prompt="${STRONG}$1 ${GREEN}$2${NORMAL}"
-        printf "${prompt} %s\n"
-}
-
-print_strong "\nIf your USB modem shows up as a Flash drive" "when you plug it in:"
-print_strong "install 'usb-modeswitch'" "to automatically switch to USB modem mode whenever you plug it in."
-print_strong "\nTo control your modem without the root password:" " add your user account to the 'plugdev' group.\n"
-exit 0
-