diff --git a/package/base/hal/dbus-0.91.patch b/package/base/hal/dbus-0.91.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b3812c144..000000000
--- a/package/base/hal/dbus-0.91.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
---- hal-0.5.7.1/tools/hal-device.c~	2005-11-02 16:38:14.000000000 +0100
-+++ hal-0.5.7.1/tools/hal-device.c	2006-08-03 11:29:03.000000000 +0200
-@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
- 
- 	libhal_ctx_shutdown(hal_ctx, &error);
- 	libhal_ctx_free(hal_ctx);
--	dbus_connection_disconnect(conn);
-+	dbus_connection_close(conn);
- 	dbus_connection_unref(conn);
- 	dbus_error_free(&error);
- 
---- hal-0.5.7.1/tools/lshal.c~	2006-02-13 15:35:31.000000000 +0100
-+++ hal-0.5.7.1/tools/lshal.c	2006-08-03 11:28:22.000000000 +0200
-@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
- 	libhal_ctx_shutdown (hal_ctx, &error);
- 	libhal_ctx_free (hal_ctx);
- 
--	dbus_connection_disconnect (conn);
-+	dbus_connection_close (conn);
- 	dbus_connection_unref (conn);
- 
- 	if (show_device)
diff --git a/package/base/hal/hal.desc b/package/base/hal/hal.desc
index ee0570424..c88a6dd6b 100644
--- a/package/base/hal/hal.desc
+++ b/package/base/hal/hal.desc
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Beta
-[V] 0.5.7.1
+[V] 0.5.8.1
 [P] X -----5---9 140.500
 
-[D] 2914866730 hal-0.5.7.1.tar.gz http://freedesktop.org/~david/dist/
+[D] 1641124710 hal-0.5.8.1.tar.gz http://freedesktop.org/~david/dist/