diff --git a/base/cpufreqd/cpufreqd.desc b/base/cpufreqd/cpufreqd.desc
index 14b90eada..601608cb5 100644
--- a/base/cpufreqd/cpufreqd.desc
+++ b/base/cpufreqd/cpufreqd.desc
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.2.1
+[V] 2.4.2
 [P] X -----5---9 106.001
 
-[D] 1453598253 cpufreqd-2.2.1.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/cpufreqd/
+[D] 1106034990 cpufreqd-2.4.2.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/cpufreqd/
 
diff --git a/base/cpufreqd/install.patch b/base/cpufreqd/install.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 36b394154..000000000
--- a/base/cpufreqd/install.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../cpufreqd/install.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
-#
-# 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 ---
-
-diff -Nur cpufreqd-2.1.1-orig/Makefile.in cpufreqd-2.1.1/Makefile.in
---- cpufreqd-2.1.1-orig/Makefile.in	2006-06-22 17:43:52.000000000 +0000
-+++ cpufreqd-2.1.1/Makefile.in	2006-06-23 12:22:58.000000000 +0000
-@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@
- 	if [ -f $(DESTDIR)/$(sysconfdir)/cpufreqd.conf ]; then \
- 	 echo "** preserving old configuration file **"; \
- 	else \
--	 install -Dm 0644 $(top_srcdir)/cpufreqd.conf $(DESTDIR)/$(sysconfdir)/cpufreqd.conf; \
-+	 install -m 0644 $(top_srcdir)/cpufreqd.conf $(DESTDIR)/$(sysconfdir)/cpufreqd.conf; \
- 	fi;
- 
- tags: