diff --git a/x11/freetype/freetype.desc b/x11/freetype/freetype.desc
index 85d61c33a..129665225 100644
--- a/x11/freetype/freetype.desc
+++ b/x11/freetype/freetype.desc
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.3.5
+[V] 2.3.7
 [P] X -?---5---9 106.000
 
-[D] 2185464916 freetype-2.3.5.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/
+[D] 209857495 freetype-2.3.7.tar.bz2 http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/
 
diff --git a/x11/freetype/libtool-link-lib64.patch b/x11/freetype/libtool-link-lib64.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fee051059..000000000
--- a/x11/freetype/libtool-link-lib64.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
-# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
-#
-# Filename: package/.../freetype/libtool-link-lib64.patch
-# Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
-#
-# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
-#
-# This patch file is dual-licensed. It is available under the license the
-# patched project is licensed under, as long as it is an OpenSource license
-# as defined at http://www.opensource.org/ (e.g. BSD, X11) or under the terms
-# of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
-diff -Naur freetype-2.1.7.orig/builds/unix/ltmain.sh freetype-2.1.7/builds/unix/ltmain.sh
---- freetype-2.1.7.orig/builds/unix/ltmain.sh	2003-11-09 10:37:13.000000000 +0200
-+++ freetype-2.1.7/builds/unix/ltmain.sh	2005-03-05 22:56:07.969688072 +0200
-@@ -3264,7 +3264,7 @@
- 	      fi
- 	      if test -n "$a_deplib" ; then
- 		libname=`eval \\$echo \"$libname_spec\"`
--		for i in $lib_search_path $sys_lib_search_path $shlib_search_path; do
-+		for i in $lib_search_path $sys_lib_search_path $shlib_search_path /lib64 /usr/lib64; do
- 		  potential_libs=`ls $i/$libname[.-]* 2>/dev/null`
- 		  for potent_lib in $potential_libs; do
- 		      # Follow soft links.