diff --git a/package/esden/wvstreams/gcc34.patch b/package/esden/wvstreams/gcc34.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fad46484a..000000000
--- a/package/esden/wvstreams/gcc34.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
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-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/esden/wvstreams/gcc34.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 Clifford Wolf
-# 
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-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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-
-Submitted By: Uwe Düffert (lfs at uwe-dueffert dot de)
-Date: 2004-05-16
-Initial Package Version: 3.75.0
-Origin: self-created, http://www.uwe-dueffert.de/lfs/ownpatches/wvstreams-3.75.0-gcc34-1.patch
-Upstream Status: not reported
-Description: fix compilation with gcc34
- 
-diff -Naur wvstreams-3.75.0.orig/include/uniconftree.h wvstreams-3.75.0/include/uniconftree.h
---- wvstreams-3.75.0.orig/include/uniconftree.h	2004-05-16 14:22:42.665940696 +0000
-+++ wvstreams-3.75.0/include/uniconftree.h	2004-05-16 14:22:53.992218840 +0000
-@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
- 
-     /** Returns a pointer to the parent node, or NULL if there is none. */
-     Sub *parent() const
--        { return static_cast<Sub*>(xparent); }
-+        { return static_cast<Sub*>(Base::xparent); }
- 
-     /** Reparents this node. */
-     void setparent(Sub *parent)
-@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@
-     /** Removes and deletes all children of this node. */
-     void zap()
-     {
--        if (!xchildren)
-+        if (!Base::xchildren)
-             return;
-         // set xchildren to NULL first so that the zap() will happen faster
-         // otherwise, each child will attempt to unlink itself uselessly
- 
--        typename Base::Container *oldchildren = xchildren;
--        xchildren = NULL;
-+        typename Base::Container *oldchildren = Base::xchildren;
-+        Base::xchildren = NULL;
- 
-         // delete all children
-         typename Base::Container::Iter i(*oldchildren);
-diff -Naur wvstreams-3.75.0.orig/include/wvsorter.h wvstreams-3.75.0/include/wvsorter.h
---- wvstreams-3.75.0.orig/include/wvsorter.h	2004-05-16 14:22:42.587952552 +0000
-+++ wvstreams-3.75.0/include/wvsorter.h	2004-05-16 14:22:53.993218688 +0000
-@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
-     for (i.rewind(); i.next(); )
- 	n++;
-     
--    array = new (void *) [n+2];
-+    array = new void*[n+2];
-     void **aptr = array;
- 
-     *aptr++ = NULL; // initial link is NULL, to act like a normal iterator
-diff -Naur wvstreams-3.75.0.orig/utils/wvbuffer.cc wvstreams-3.75.0/utils/wvbuffer.cc
---- wvstreams-3.75.0.orig/utils/wvbuffer.cc	2004-05-16 14:22:42.433975960 +0000
-+++ wvstreams-3.75.0/utils/wvbuffer.cc	2004-05-16 14:22:53.993218688 +0000
-@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
- /***** Specialization for raw memory buffers *****/
- 
- // Instantiate some commonly used templates
-+/*
- template WvBufBaseCommonImpl<unsigned char>;
- template WvInPlaceBufBase<unsigned char>;
- template WvConstInPlaceBufBase<unsigned char>;
-@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
- template WvDynBufBase<unsigned char>;
- template WvNullBufBase<unsigned char>;
- template WvBufCursorBase<unsigned char>;
-+*/
- 
- void WvBufBase<unsigned char>::putstr(WvStringParm str)
- {
diff --git a/package/esden/wvstreams/wvstreams.desc b/package/esden/wvstreams/wvstreams.desc
index b692eaf8d..090bbc22f 100644
--- a/package/esden/wvstreams/wvstreams.desc
+++ b/package/esden/wvstreams/wvstreams.desc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 3.75.0
+[V] 4.0
 [P] X -?---5---9 173.200
 
-[D] 2918776912 wvstreams-3.75.0.tar.gz http://people.nit.ca/~jim/
+[D] 3099672418 wvstreams-4.0.tar.gz http://people.nit.ca/~sfllaw/