diff --git a/package/gnome2/gtkmm/gtkmm.desc b/package/gnome2/gtkmm/gtkmm.desc
index 121bbb556..8624dc6c5 100644
--- a/package/gnome2/gtkmm/gtkmm.desc
+++ b/package/gnome2/gtkmm/gtkmm.desc
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 
 [L] LGPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.12.1
+[V] 2.14.1
 [P] X --?--5---9 172.700
 
-[D] 1645001674 gtkmm-2.12.1.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.20/2.20.1/sources/c++/
+[D] 185032275 gtkmm-2.14.1.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/bindings/2.24/2.24.1/sources/c++/
 
diff --git a/package/gnome2/gtkmm/hotfixes-gcc43.patch b/package/gnome2/gtkmm/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 01e44db48..000000000
--- a/package/gnome2/gtkmm/hotfixes-gcc43.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
---- ./demos/gtk-demo/demowindow.cc.orig	2008-06-11 10:42:38.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./demos/gtk-demo/demowindow.cc	2008-06-11 10:42:46.000000000 +0200
-@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
- #include <cctype>
- #include <cerrno>
- #include <stdio.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- #ifdef NEED_FLOCKFILE_PROTO
- extern "C" void flockfile (FILE *);
---- ./demos/gtk-demo/textwidget.cc.orig	2008-06-11 10:46:57.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./demos/gtk-demo/textwidget.cc	2008-06-11 10:47:05.000000000 +0200
-@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
-  * Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-  */
- 
-+#include <string.h>
-+
- #include "textwidget.h"
- #include "pangomm/fontdescription.h"
- 
---- ./examples/book/custom/custom_widget/mywidget.cc.orig	2008-06-11 10:01:40.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./examples/book/custom/custom_widget/mywidget.cc	2008-06-11 10:01:47.000000000 +0200
-@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
- #include <gdkmm/drawable.h>
- #include <gdkmm/general.h>  // for cairo helper functions
- #include <iostream>
-+#include <string.h>
- //#include <gtk/gtkwidget.h> //For GTK_IS_WIDGET()
- 
- 
---- ./gtk/gtkmm/scale.cc.orig	2008-06-11 08:51:18.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./gtk/gtkmm/scale.cc	2008-06-11 08:51:25.000000000 +0200
-@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
- #include <gtk/gtkscale.h>
- #include <gtk/gtkhscale.h>
- #include <gtk/gtkvscale.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- #include <math.h>
- 
- namespace Gtk
---- ./gtk/gtkmm/targetentry.cc.orig	2008-06-11 09:02:03.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./gtk/gtkmm/targetentry.cc	2008-06-11 09:02:09.000000000 +0200
-@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
-  */
- 
- #include <gtkmm/targetentry.h>
-+#include <string.h>
- 
- 
- namespace Gtk