diff --git a/graphic/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick.desc b/graphic/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick.desc
index 1cd004b81..dc9ba416f 100644
--- a/graphic/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick.desc
+++ b/graphic/graphicsmagick/graphicsmagick.desc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.1.7
+[V] 1.1.8
 [P] X -----5-7-9 133.900
 
-[D] 3394652062 GraphicsMagick-1.1.7.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/graphicsmagick/
+[D] 2889362698 GraphicsMagick-1.1.8.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/graphicsmagick/
diff --git a/graphic/graphicsmagick/libpng.patch b/graphic/graphicsmagick/libpng.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ce4bb4ba..000000000
--- a/graphic/graphicsmagick/libpng.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# 
-# Filename: package/.../graphicsmagick/libpng.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project
-# 
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-# 
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-## http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/media-gfx/graphicsmagick/files/graphicsmagick-libpng.patch
-## This patch is provided by Gentoo
---- ./coders/png.c.orig	2004-11-11 01:14:54.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./coders/png.c	2006-11-27 15:00:32.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@
- #if defined(PNG_USE_PNGGCCRD) && defined(PNG_ASSEMBLER_CODE_SUPPORTED) \
- && (PNG_LIBPNG_VER >= 10200)
-   /* Disable thread-unsafe features of pnggccrd */
--  if (png_access_version() >= 10200)
-+  if (png_access_version_number() >= 10200)
-   {
-     png_uint_32 mmx_disable_mask=0;
-     png_uint_32 asm_flags;
-@@ -1718,8 +1718,8 @@
-                         | PNG_ASM_FLAG_MMX_READ_FILTER_SUB   \
-                         | PNG_ASM_FLAG_MMX_READ_FILTER_AVG   \
-                         | PNG_ASM_FLAG_MMX_READ_FILTER_PAETH );
--    asm_flags=png_get_asm_flags(png_ptr);
--    png_set_asm_flags(png_ptr, asm_flags & ~mmx_disable_mask);
-+    asm_flags=png_get_asm_flags(ping);
-+    png_set_asm_flags(ping, asm_flags & ~mmx_disable_mask);
-   }
- #endif
-