diff --git a/packages/graphics/glew/build b/packages/graphics/glew/build
index adef31a06c..d8e88973d9 100755
--- a/packages/graphics/glew/build
+++ b/packages/graphics/glew/build
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-make SYSTEM=linux GLEW_DEST=/usr CC=$TARGET_CC
 
-mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
-  cp -PR lib/* $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+make GLEW_DEST="/usr" \
+     CC="$CC" \
+     LD="$CC" \
+     AR="$AR" \
+     POPT="$CFLAGS" \
+     LDFLAGS.EXTRA="$LDFLAGS"
 
-mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include
-  cp -PR include/* $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include
+make GLEW_DEST="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr" install
diff --git a/packages/graphics/glew/install b/packages/graphics/glew/install
index c7d1a5a41d..ab2fe8fbcd 100755
--- a/packages/graphics/glew/install
+++ b/packages/graphics/glew/install
@@ -22,11 +22,5 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install libX11
-$SCRIPTS/install libXext
-$SCRIPTS/install libXi
-$SCRIPTS/install libXmu
-$SCRIPTS/install Mesa
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/lib/lib*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/graphics/glew/meta b/packages/graphics/glew/meta
index a0eaa79f09..fe8f03a054 100644
--- a/packages/graphics/glew/meta
+++ b/packages/graphics/glew/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="glew"
-PKG_VERSION="1.5.8"
+PKG_VERSION="1.6.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
diff --git a/packages/graphics/glew/patches/glew-1.5.8-010_crosscompiling.patch b/packages/graphics/glew/patches/glew-1.5.8-010_crosscompiling.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c9d65b92a..0000000000
--- a/packages/graphics/glew/patches/glew-1.5.8-010_crosscompiling.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur glew-1.5.2/config/Makefile.linux glew-1.5.2.patch/config/Makefile.linux
---- glew-1.5.2/config/Makefile.linux	2009-12-31 18:06:19.000000000 +0100
-+++ glew-1.5.2.patch/config/Makefile.linux	2010-02-25 17:56:39.061037970 +0100
-@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
- NAME = $(GLEW_NAME)
--CC = cc
--LD = cc
-+CC = $(CC)
-+LD = $(CC)
- ifneq (undefined, $(origin GLEW_MX))
- CFLAGS.EXTRA = -DGLEW_MX
- endif
- PICFLAG = -fPIC
- LDFLAGS.SO = -shared -Wl,-soname=$(LIB.SONAME)
- M_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
--ifeq (x86_64,${M_ARCH})
--LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib64
--LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib64
--else
--LDFLAGS.EXTRA = -L/usr/X11R6/lib
- LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/lib
--endif
- LDFLAGS.GL = -lXmu -lXi -lGLU -lGL -lXext -lX11
- LDFLAGS.STATIC = -Wl,-Bstatic
- LDFLAGS.DYNAMIC = -Wl,-Bdynamic