diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
index 00ef7e6320..cf6d510702 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/build
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-
-$AUTORECONF
-
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
index a18ae143d6..b613392d90 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/meta
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKG_NAME="eventlircd"
-PKG_VERSION="17"
+PKG_VERSION="31"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff
index 5b5a108283..42cf5e637e 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/eventlircd/patches/eventlircd-17-fixes-0.1.diff
@@ -36,17 +36,6 @@ diff -Naur eventlircd-17/etc/ircore.evmap eventlircd-17.patch/etc/ircore.evmap
 +KEY_MP3          = KEY_AUDIO
 +KEY_TEXT         = KEY_EPG
 diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/lircd_helper.in eventlircd-17.patch/udev/lircd_helper.in
---- eventlircd-17/udev/lircd_helper.in	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
-+++ eventlircd-17.patch/udev/lircd_helper.in	2010-09-27 19:46:24.948885231 +0200
-@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
-     remove)
-         instance=`echo $DEVNAME | sed -e 's/\/\+/~/g' -e 's/^~dev~//'`
-         if test -e "@localstatedir@/run/lirc/lircd-${instance}.pid" ; then
--            pid=`cat @localstate@/run/lirc/lircd-${instance}.pid`
-+            pid=`cat @localstatedir@/run/lirc/lircd-${instance}.pid`
-             if test ! "x${pid}" = "x" ; then
-                 kill ${pid}
-             fi
 diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in eventlircd-17.patch/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in
 --- eventlircd-17/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
 +++ eventlircd-17.patch/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in	2010-09-30 17:28:57.741250130 +0200
@@ -77,25 +66,3 @@ diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/rules.d/98-eventlircd.rules.disabled.in eventlircd
 -
  LABEL="end"
 diff -Naur eventlircd-17/udev/wakeup_enable.in eventlircd-17.patch/udev/wakeup_enable.in
---- eventlircd-17/udev/wakeup_enable.in	2010-09-18 19:43:56.000000000 +0200
-+++ eventlircd-17.patch/udev/wakeup_enable.in	2010-09-27 19:53:32.215884397 +0200
-@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
- 
- devpath=`readlink -f "/sys/${DEVPATH}"`
- while echo "${devpath}" | /bin/grep -q '^/sys/devices/' > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do
--    if test -e "${devpath}/power/wakeup" ; then                                 
--        state=`cat "${devpath}/power/wakeup"`                                       
-+    if test -e "${devpath}/power/wakeup" ; then
-+        state=`cat "${devpath}/power/wakeup"`
-         if test "x${state}" = "xdisabled" ; then
-             echo "enabled" > "${devpath}/power/wakeup"
--        fi                                                 
--    fi                                                     
-+        fi
-+    fi
-     devpath=`dirname "${devpath}"`
--done                                       
--                                           
-+done
-+
- exit 0