diff --git a/package/misc/directfb/directfb.conf b/package/misc/directfb/directfb.conf
index c1eb3d83f..e974e7d1d 100644
--- a/package/misc/directfb/directfb.conf
+++ b/package/misc/directfb/directfb.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
 # 
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
@@ -20,13 +21,7 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-
-preconf_patch() {
-	# patch some false dependencies away in Makefile.ins
-	sed -ri 's,[^ ]*(src/core/fusion|src/core/modules.h|src/misc/debug.h)[^ ]*,,g' \
-		gfxdrivers/savage/Makefile.in inputdrivers/elo/Makefile.in \
-		inputdrivers/linux_input/Makefile.in
-}
-
-preconf="preconf_patch"
-
+# build all except matrox, which has build errors against linux 2.6.17.7
+# as of DirectFB 1.0.0-rc2.
+var_append extraconfopt " " "--with-gfxdrivers=ati128,cle266,cyber5k,i810,"\
+	"i830,mach64,neomagic,nsc,nvidia,radeon,savage,sis315,tdfx,unichrome"
diff --git a/package/misc/directfb/directfb.desc b/package/misc/directfb/directfb.desc
index fcb894cb4..81c488e31 100644
--- a/package/misc/directfb/directfb.desc
+++ b/package/misc/directfb/directfb.desc
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.9.21
+[V] 1.0.0-rc2
 [P] X -?---5---9 136.600
 
-[D] 2231509539 DirectFB-0.9.21.tar.gz http://www.directfb.org/download/DirectFB/
+[D] 3913766609 DirectFB-1.0.0-rc2.tar.gz http://www.directfb.org/downloads/Core/