diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/Makefile b/libs/libsndfile/Makefile
index 9e9809de8a..fa92f14057 100644
--- a/libs/libsndfile/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libsndfile
-PKG_VERSION:=1.0.25
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0.26
 PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile/files/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=e2b7bb637e01022c7d20f95f9c3990a2
+PKG_MD5SUM:=ec810a0c60c08772a8a5552704b63393
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPLv2.1
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/patches/001-automake-compat.patch b/libs/libsndfile/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df32ae497..0000000000
--- a/libs/libsndfile/patches/001-automake-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/Makefile.am
-+++ b/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
- ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
- 
-+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I M4
-+
- DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --enable-gcc-werror
- 
- if BUILD_OCTAVE_MOD