diff --git a/package/base/sysklogd/module_h_fix_26headers.patch b/package/base/sysklogd/module_h_fix_26headers.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a5f9d375..000000000
--- a/package/base/sysklogd/module_h_fix_26headers.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/sysklogd/module_h_fix_26headers.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# 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.
-# 
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-
-diff -Naur sysklogd-1.4.1-orig/ksym_mod.c sysklogd-1.4.1/ksym_mod.c
---- sysklogd-1.4.1-orig/ksym_mod.c	2000-09-12 21:15:28.000000000 +0000
-+++ sysklogd-1.4.1/ksym_mod.c	2003-08-17 19:14:38.000000000 +0000
-@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
- #include <linux/time.h>
- #include <linux/module.h>
- #else /* __GLIBC__ */
--#include <linux/module.h>
-+#include "module.h"
- extern __off64_t lseek64 __P ((int __fd, __off64_t __offset, int __whence));
- extern int get_kernel_syms __P ((struct kernel_sym *__table));
- #endif /* __GLIBC__ */
-diff -Naur sysklogd-1.4.1-orig/module.h sysklogd-1.4.1/module.h
---- sysklogd-1.4.1-orig/module.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ sysklogd-1.4.1/module.h	2003-08-17 19:14:38.000000000 +0000
-@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
-+/* this file eliminates the need to include <kernel/module.h> */
-+/* Module definitions for klogd's module support */
-+struct kernel_sym
-+{
-+	        unsigned long value;
-+	        char name[60];
-+};
-+
-+struct module_symbol
-+{
-+	unsigned long value;
-+	const char *name;
-+};
-+
-+struct module_ref
-+{
-+	struct module *dep;     /* "parent" pointer */
-+	struct module *ref;     /* "child" pointer */
-+	struct module_ref *next_ref;
-+};
-+
-+struct module_info
-+{
-+	unsigned long addr;
-+	unsigned long size;
-+	unsigned long flags;
-+	long usecount;
-+};
-+
-+
-+typedef struct { volatile int counter; } atomic_t;
-+
-+struct module
-+{
-+	unsigned long size_of_struct;   /* == sizeof(module) */
-+	struct module *next;
-+	const char *name;
-+	unsigned long size;
-+	
-+	union
-+	{
-+		atomic_t usecount;
-+		long pad;
-+        } uc;                           /* Needs to keep its size - so says rth */
-+	
-+	unsigned long flags;            /* AUTOCLEAN et al */
-+	
-+	unsigned nsyms;
-+	unsigned ndeps;
-+	
-+	struct module_symbol *syms;
-+	struct module_ref *deps;
-+	struct module_ref *refs;
-+	int (*init)(void);
-+	void (*cleanup)(void);
-+	const struct exception_table_entry *ex_table_start;
-+	const struct exception_table_entry *ex_table_end;
-+#ifdef __alpha__
-+	unsigned long gp;
-+#endif
-+};
-+	
diff --git a/package/base/sysklogd/sigterm_race.patch b/package/base/sysklogd/sigterm_race.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 673b3696b..000000000
--- a/package/base/sysklogd/sigterm_race.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# 
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-# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
-# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
-# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
-# 
-# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/sysklogd/sigterm_race.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2006 Clifford Wolf
-# 
-# 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.
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-
---- ./syslogd.c.orig	2004-12-24 02:26:01.673668736 +0100
-+++ ./syslogd.c	2004-12-24 02:26:55.203530960 +0100
-@@ -890,11 +890,11 @@
- 		dprintf("Checking pidfile.\n");
- 		if (!check_pid(PidFile))
- 		{
-+			void *old_sigterm_hdl = signal (SIGTERM, doexit);
- 			if (fork()) {
- 				/*
- 				 * Parent process
- 				 */
--				signal (SIGTERM, doexit);
- 				sleep(300);
- 				/*
- 				 * Not reached unless something major went wrong.  5
-@@ -906,6 +906,7 @@
- 				 */
- 				exit(1);
- 			}
-+			signal (SIGTERM, old_sigterm_hdl);
- 			num_fds = getdtablesize();
- 			for (i= 0; i < num_fds; i++)
- 				(void) close(i);
diff --git a/package/base/sysklogd/sysklogd.desc b/package/base/sysklogd/sysklogd.desc
index e7a3dad70..bd1cc7999 100644
--- a/package/base/sysklogd/sysklogd.desc
+++ b/package/base/sysklogd/sysklogd.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.4.1
+[V] 1.5
 [P] X --?--5---9 222.100
 
-[D] 1947466883 sysklogd-1.4.1.tar.gz ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/
+[D] 2340911661 sysklogd-1.5.tar.gz ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/