diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lirc/build b/packages/sysutils/lirc/build
index 6384f3d03d..03c34cc7b4 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/lirc/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lirc/build
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/build toolchain
 $SCRIPTS/build linux
-# $SCRIPTS/build libirman
 
 if [ "$DEBUG" = yes ]; then
   DEBUG_CONFIG="--enable-debug --disable-stripping"
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@ export ac_cv_lib_util_forkpty=no
 export MAKEFLAGS=-j1
 
 cd $PKG_BUILD
-libtoolize
-autoreconf
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
             --prefix=/usr \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lirc/unpack b/packages/sysutils/lirc/unpack
deleted file mode 100755
index ae87d1beae..0000000000
--- a/packages/sysutils/lirc/unpack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options
-
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
-sed -i "s%^CFLAGS=.*%%" $PKG_BUILD/configure
-
-# use /dev/lirc0 by default instead of /dev/lirc
-sed -i -e 's|#define DEV_LIRC	"lirc"|#define DEV_LIRC	"lirc0"|' \
-  $PKG_BUILD/config.h.in
-
-# *cough* I wish there was a good way to disable alsa/portaudio/svgalib...
-sed -i -e 's/asoundlib.h/ALSA_DISABLED/g' $PKG_BUILD/configure*
-sed -i -e 's/portaudio.h/PORTAUDIO_DISABLED/g' $PKG_BUILD/configure*
-sed -i -e 's/vga.h/SVGALIB_DISABLED/g' $PKG_BUILD/configure*
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/lirc/url b/packages/sysutils/lirc/url
index 29f4006982..e7e21cb2e5 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/lirc/url
+++ b/packages/sysutils/lirc/url
@@ -1 +1 @@
-http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/lirc/lirc-0.8.6.tar.bz2
+http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/lirc-20100104.tar.bz2