diff --git a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
index 6fffb0c24..be73f05a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
+++ b/Documentation/Developers/CHANGELOG-RENE
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
  - finalized qcad
  - of course we should install my *_ibook xkb files
+ - Alejandro Mery: little bdb cleanup and CV-URL
 
 *) 2003-11-29 (2.0.0-rc3 - 2.0.0-rc4)
 
diff --git a/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.conf b/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.conf
index 3b5b3e3eb..0cad07f71 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.conf
+++ b/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ pkg_bdb33_pm() {
 	ln -svf libdb_cxx-3.3.a $libdir/libdb_cxx-3.a
 }
 
-var_append confopt ' ' '--enable-compat185'
 hook_add postmake 3 'pkg_bdb33_pm'
 hook_add postmake 4 'ln -svf ${pkg:1} $root/$prefix/include/${pkg:1:3}'
 
diff --git a/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.desc b/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.desc
index fa8bce774..2eedfa861 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.desc
+++ b/package/base/bdb33/bdb33.desc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 [V] 3.3.11
 [P] X -----5---9 138.000
 
-[CV-URL] http://www.sleepycat.com/update/
+[CV-URL] http://www.sleepycat.com/download/patchlogs.shtml
 
 [D] 3182502822 db-3.3.11.tar.gz http://www.sleepycat.com/update/snapshot/
 
diff --git a/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.conf b/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.conf
index 090f09159..33d64a1ac 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.conf
+++ b/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.conf
@@ -22,5 +22,3 @@
 
 # include the generic config for any bdb
 . $base/package/base/bdb*/bdb_config.sh
-
-var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-compat185"
diff --git a/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.desc b/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.desc
index decb189ad..22d81c090 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.desc
+++ b/package/base/bdb40/bdb40.desc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 [V] 4.0.14
 [P] X -----5---9 197.000
 
-[CV-URL] http://www.sleepycat.com/update/
+[CV-URL] http://www.sleepycat.com/download/patchlogs.shtml
 
 [D] 2029835613 db-4.0.14.tar.gz http://www.sleepycat.com/update/snapshot/
 
diff --git a/package/base/bdb40/bdb_config.sh b/package/base/bdb40/bdb_config.sh
index 77eff0b69..918adaa23 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb40/bdb_config.sh
+++ b/package/base/bdb40/bdb_config.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 hook_add preconf 2 'cd build_unix'
 configscript="../dist/configure"
 
+var_append confopt ' ' '--enable-compat185'
 var_append confopt ' ' '--enable-cxx'
 var_append confopt ' ' "--includedir=$root/$prefix/include/${pkg:1}"
 
diff --git a/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf b/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf
index 871720799..eba88875e 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf
+++ b/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.conf
@@ -25,5 +25,3 @@
 
 hook_add postmake 3 "ln -sfv ${pkg:1}/db.h $root/$prefix/include/db.h"
 hook_add postmake 4 'ln -sfv ${pkg:1} $root/$prefix/include/${pkg:1:3}'
-
-var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-compat185"
diff --git a/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.desc b/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.desc
index ce1cf624b..6c2361671 100644
--- a/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.desc
+++ b/package/base/bdb41/bdb41.desc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 [V] 4.1.25
 [P] X -----5---9 158.000
 
-[CV-URL] http://www.sleepycat.com/update/
+[CV-URL] http://www.sleepycat.com/download/patchlogs.shtml
 
 [D] 2158693923 db-4.1.25.tar.gz http://www.sleepycat.com/update/snapshot/