diff --git a/network/valknut/hotfix.patch b/network/valknut/hotfix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8b938a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/valknut/hotfix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../valknut/hotfix.patch
+# Copyright (C) 2010 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 ---
+
+--- valknut-0.4.9/valknut/main.cpp.orig	2010-08-17 17:30:42.648023730 +0200
++++ valknut-0.4.9/valknut/main.cpp	2010-08-17 17:42:54.840170654 +0200
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+ #include <config.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+-#include <stdlib.h>
++#include <cstdlib>
+ #ifndef WIN32
+ #include <signal.h>
+ #endif
+@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
+ 		delete dbg;
+ 		printf("exit\n");
+ 		delete qApp;
+-		_exit(0);
++		exit(0);
+ 	}
+ 
+ #ifndef WIN32
diff --git a/network/valknut/valknut.conf b/network/valknut/valknut.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 491a23fb8..000000000
--- a/network/valknut/valknut.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../valknut/valknut.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
-# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-var_append confopt " " "--with-qt-libraries=`pkgprefix libdir qt3`"
diff --git a/network/valknut/valknut.desc b/network/valknut/valknut.desc
index c09a3b8af..b79ab778c 100644
--- a/network/valknut/valknut.desc
+++ b/network/valknut/valknut.desc
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 0.3.23
+[V] 0.4.9
 [P] X -----5---9 800.000
 
-[D] 3905991576 valknut-0.3.23.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wxdcgui/
+[D] 2001128583 valknut-0.4.9.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/wxdcgui/