diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/meta b/packages/devel/boost/meta
index b9588e4ccb..8fb4929559 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/meta
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="boost"
-PKG_VERSION="1_49_0"
+PKG_VERSION="1_50_0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/patches/boost-1_49_0-fix-deprecated-swp.patch b/packages/devel/boost/patches/boost-1_49_0-fix-deprecated-swp.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index de5888d737..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/boost/patches/boost-1_49_0-fix-deprecated-swp.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-From 8d1ba081260f98d879759433a9d7248d6bd98966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Peter Dimov <pdimov@boostpro.com>
-Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:31:21 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] Apply patch from #5331. Refs #5331.
-
-SVN-Revision: 77315
----
- boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock_gcc_arm.hpp |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock_gcc_arm.hpp b/boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock_gcc_arm.hpp
-index f58ea44..f1bbaf6 100644
---- a/boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock_gcc_arm.hpp
-+++ b/boost/smart_ptr/detail/spinlock_gcc_arm.hpp
-@@ -43,13 +43,38 @@ class spinlock
-     {
-         int r;
- 
-+#if defined(__ARM_ARCH_6__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6J__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6K__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6Z__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6ZK__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6T2__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7R__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7M__) \
-+    || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7EM__)
-+
-+        __asm__ __volatile__(
-+            "ldrex %0, [%2]; \n"
-+            "cmp %0, %1; \n"
-+            "strexne %0, %1, [%2]; \n"
-+            BOOST_SP_ARM_BARRIER :
-+            "=&r"( r ): // outputs
-+            "r"( 1 ), "r"( &v_ ): // inputs
-+            "memory", "cc" );
-+
-+#else
-+
-         __asm__ __volatile__(
--            "swp %0, %1, [%2]\n\t"
--			BOOST_SP_ARM_BARRIER :
-+            "swp %0, %1, [%2];\n"
-+            BOOST_SP_ARM_BARRIER :
-             "=&r"( r ): // outputs
-             "r"( 1 ), "r"( &v_ ): // inputs
-             "memory", "cc" );
- 
-+#endif
-+
-         return r == 0;
-     }
- 
--- 
-1.7.10
-