diff --git a/package/base/alsa/alsa.desc b/package/base/alsa/alsa.desc
index 473bcf240..8c159cc62 100644
--- a/package/base/alsa/alsa.desc
+++ b/package/base/alsa/alsa.desc
@@ -43,16 +43,16 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.0.10
+[V] 1.0.13
 [P] X -?---5---9 108.900
 
-[O] alsa_lib_version=1.0.10
-[O] alsa_utils_version=1.0.10
-[O] alsa_tools_version=1.0.10
-[O] alsa_oss_version=1.0.10
+[O] alsa_lib_version=1.0.13
+[O] alsa_utils_version=1.0.13
+[O] alsa_tools_version=1.0.13
+[O] alsa_oss_version=1.0.12
 
-[D] 2909427459 alsa-lib-1.0.10.tar.bz2   ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/
-[D] 2363635589 alsa-utils-1.0.10.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/
-[D] 4089144826 alsa-tools-1.0.10.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/tools/
-[D] 2783424815 alsa-oss-1.0.10.tar.bz2   ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/
+[D] 3664089583 alsa-lib-1.0.13.tar.bz2   ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/
+[D] 3289713397 alsa-utils-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/
+[D] 1836325299 alsa-tools-1.0.13.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/tools/
+[D] 4067761537 alsa-oss-1.0.12.tar.bz2   ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/oss-lib/
 
diff --git a/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch.alsa-lib b/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch.alsa-lib
deleted file mode 100644
index d67b2db4d..000000000
--- a/package/base/alsa/audio_group.patch.alsa-lib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-Change the group of users who can access alsa devices from 'audio' to 'sound'
-since we already use 'sound' for other sound devices.
-
---- alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dsnoop.conf~	2005-09-08 08:36:00.000000000 +0200
-+++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dsnoop.conf	2006-03-14 21:35:56.000000000 +0100
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- 	}
- 	type dsnoop
- 	ipc_key 5778293
--	ipc_gid audio
-+	ipc_gid sound
- 	ipc_perm 0660
- 	slave {
- 		pcm {
---- alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dmix.conf~	2005-09-19 14:38:14.000000000 +0200
-+++ alsa-lib-1.0.10/src/conf/pcm/dmix.conf	2006-03-14 21:36:03.000000000 +0100
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- 	}
- 	type dmix
- 	ipc_key 5678293
--	ipc_gid audio
-+	ipc_gid sound
- 	ipc_perm 0660
- 	slave {
- 		pcm {
diff --git a/package/base/alsa/postsysfiles.in b/package/base/alsa/postsysfiles.in
index a1676246e..367311680 100644
--- a/package/base/alsa/postsysfiles.in
+++ b/package/base/alsa/postsysfiles.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 
+safe_groupadd audio 17
 safe_groupadd sound 17