diff --git a/package/gnome2/gdm/gdm.desc b/package/gnome2/gdm/gdm.desc
index 8739ae5af..b54ac811f 100644
--- a/package/gnome2/gdm/gdm.desc
+++ b/package/gnome2/gdm/gdm.desc
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.20.1
+[V] 2.24.0
 [P] X --?--5---9 186.800
 
-[D] 3682192831 gdm-2.20.1.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.20/2.20.1/sources/
+[D] 3365433726 gdm-2.24.0.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/desktop/2.24/2.24.1/sources/
 
diff --git a/package/gnome2/gdm/libwrap-externals.patch b/package/gnome2/gdm/libwrap-externals.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ad65c7f82..000000000
--- a/package/gnome2/gdm/libwrap-externals.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
---- ./daemon/gdm-xdmcp-manager.c~	2007-11-08 20:42:21.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./daemon/gdm-xdmcp-manager.c	2007-11-08 20:43:00.000000000 +0000
-@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
-  * On Sun, we need to define allow_severity and deny_severity to link
-  * against libwrap.
-  */
--#ifdef __sun
-+// #ifdef __sun
- #include <syslog.h>
- int allow_severity = LOG_INFO;
- int deny_severity = LOG_WARNING;
--#endif
-+// #endif
- 
- #define GDM_XDMCP_MANAGER_GET_PRIVATE(o) (G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE ((o), GDM_TYPE_XDMCP_MANAGER, GdmXdmcpManagerPrivate))
- 
diff --git a/package/gnome2/gdm/pam.patch b/package/gnome2/gdm/pam.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1563c74ff..000000000
--- a/package/gnome2/gdm/pam.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
---- ./config/gdm.orig	2006-07-24 00:48:01.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./config/gdm	2006-07-24 00:49:00.000000000 +0200
-@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
- #%PAM-1.0
- auth       required	pam_env.so
--auth       required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
-+auth       include	system-auth
- auth       required	pam_nologin.so
--account    required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
--password   required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
--session    required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
-+account    include	system-auth
-+password   include	system-auth
-+session    include	system-auth
- session    optional     pam_console.so
---- ./config/gdm-autologin.orig	2006-07-24 00:49:06.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./config/gdm-autologin	2006-07-24 00:49:25.000000000 +0200
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- auth       required	pam_env.so
- auth       required	pam_nologin.so
- auth       required	pam_permit.so
--account    required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
--password   required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
--session    required	pam_stack.so service=system-auth
-+account    include	system-auth
-+password   include	system-auth
-+session    include	system-auth
- session    optional     pam_console.so