diff --git a/package/rene/sylpheed/gpgme-update.patch b/package/rene/sylpheed/gpgme-update.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b09cb13d7..000000000
--- a/package/rene/sylpheed/gpgme-update.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +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/rene/sylpheed/gpgme-update.patch
-# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2004 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 ---
-
-Written by Rene Rebe <rene@exactcode.de> to make sylpheed compile
-with recent gpgme, since noone seems to care about this ...
-
---- sylpheed-0.9.0/src/rfc2015.c.orig	2003-08-03 02:15:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ sylpheed-0.9.0/src/rfc2015.c	2003-08-03 02:28:09.000000000 +0200
-@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
-         goto leave;
-     }
- 
--    err = gpgme_op_verify (ctx, sig, text, &status);
-+    err = gpgme_op_verify (ctx, sig, text, NULL, &status);
-     if (err)  {
-         debug_print ("gpgme_op_verify failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto leave;
-@@ -395,11 +395,11 @@
-     if (err)
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_rewind failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
- 
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (data, buf, 100, &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (data, buf, 100)) > 0) {
-         fwrite ( buf, nread, 1, fp );
-     }
- 
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF)
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF)
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
- 
-     fclose (fp);
-@@ -666,11 +666,11 @@
-     if (err)
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_rewind failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
- 
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (plain, buf, sizeof(buf), &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (plain, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
-         fwrite (buf, nread, 1, dstfp);
-     }
- 
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-     }
- 
-@@ -885,10 +885,10 @@
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_rewind failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (header, buf, BUFFSIZE, &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (header, buf, BUFFSIZE)) > 0) {
-         fwrite (buf, nread, 1, fp);
-     }
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
-@@ -931,10 +931,10 @@
-         goto failure;
-     }
- 
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (cipher, buf, BUFFSIZE, &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (cipher, buf, BUFFSIZE)) > 0) {
-         fwrite (buf, nread, 1, fp);
-     }
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
-         debug_print ("** gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
-@@ -1204,10 +1204,10 @@
-     err = gpgme_data_rewind (header);
-     if (err)
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_rewind failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (header, buf, BUFFSIZE, &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (header, buf, BUFFSIZE)) > 0) {
-         fwrite (buf, nread, 1, fp);
-     }
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
-@@ -1236,10 +1236,10 @@
-                    gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (plain, buf, BUFFSIZE, &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (plain, buf, BUFFSIZE)) > 0) {
-         fwrite (buf, nread, 1, fp);   
-     }
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
-@@ -1258,10 +1258,10 @@
-         goto failure;
-     }
- 
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read (sigdata, buf, BUFFSIZE, &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read (sigdata, buf, BUFFSIZE)) > 0) {
-         fwrite (buf, nread, 1, fp);
-     }
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
-         debug_print ("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror (err));
-         goto failure;
-     }
-@@ -1356,10 +1356,10 @@
- 	goto failure;
-     }
- 
--    while (!(err = gpgme_data_read(sigdata, buf, sizeof(buf), &nread))) {
-+    while ((nread = gpgme_data_read(sigdata, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
- 	fwrite(buf, nread, 1, fp);
-     }
--    if (err != GPGME_EOF) {
-+    if (nread != GPGME_EOF) {
- 	debug_print("gpgme_data_read failed: %s\n", gpgme_strerror(err));
- 	goto failure;
-     }
---- sylpheed-0.9.0/src/main.c.orig	2003-08-03 02:40:06.000000000 +0200
-+++ sylpheed-0.9.0/src/main.c	2003-08-03 02:34:24.000000000 +0200
-@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
- 	prefs_common_read_config();
- 
- #if USE_GPGME
--	if (gpgme_check_engine()) {  /* Also does some gpgme init */
-+	/*if (gpgme_check_engine()) { */ /* Also does some gpgme init */
- 		rfc2015_disable_all();
- 		debug_print("gpgme_engine_version:\n%s\n",
- 			    gpgme_get_engine_info());
-@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
- 			if (val & G_ALERTDISABLE)
- 				prefs_common.gpg_warning = FALSE;
- 		}
--	}
-+	/* } */
- 	gpgme_register_idle(idle_function_for_gpgme);
- #endif
- 
diff --git a/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.conf b/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.conf
index ef9a037f3..1f2aa8f3c 100644
--- a/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.conf
+++ b/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.conf
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@
 
 . $base/package/*/*/gnome-14.conf
 
-confopt="$confopt --enable-gpgme --enable-threads --enable-ssl"
+confopt="$confopt --enable-threads --enable-ssl"
+
+#re-add --enable-gpgme if it works with current versions again!!
 
diff --git a/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.desc b/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.desc
index def2eb759..b805833ee 100644
--- a/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.desc
+++ b/package/rene/sylpheed/sylpheed.desc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.9.7
+[V] 1.0.0rc
 [P] X -?---5---9 174.000
 
-[D] 2192879723 sylpheed-0.9.7.tar.bz2 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/sylpheed/
+[D] 168069469 sylpheed-1.0.0rc.tar.bz2 http://sylpheed.good-day.net/sylpheed/