diff --git a/srcpkgs/dcron/patches/dcron-logname.patch b/srcpkgs/dcron/patches/dcron-logname.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c37c5f45f65..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/dcron/patches/dcron-logname.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-diff -aur dcron-4.4/chuser.c dcron-4.4.logname/chuser.c
---- dcron-4.4/chuser.c	2010-02-15 11:18:13.111967483 +0100
-+++ dcron-4.4.logname/chuser.c	2010-02-15 11:18:29.615531204 +0100
-@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
- 		return(-1);
- 	}
- 	setenv("USER", pas->pw_name, 1);
-+	setenv("LOGNAME", pas->pw_name, 1);
- 	setenv("HOME", pas->pw_dir, 1);
- 	setenv("SHELL", "/bin/sh", 1);
- 
-diff -aur dcron-4.4/crontab.1 dcron-4.4.logname/crontab.1
---- dcron-4.4/crontab.1	2010-02-15 11:18:13.111967483 +0100
-+++ dcron-4.4.logname/crontab.1	2010-02-15 11:19:48.295707950 +0100
-@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
- .PP
- Nor does it do any special environment handling.
- A shell script is better-suited to doing that than a cron daemon.
--This cron daemon sets up only three environment variables: USER,
--HOME, and SHELL.
-+This cron daemon sets up only four environment variables: USER,
-+LOGNAME, HOME, and SHELL.
- .PP
- Our crontab format is roughly similar to that used by vixiecron.
- Individual fields may contain a time, a time range, a time range
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dcron/patches/fix-signal-to-crond.logrotate.patch b/srcpkgs/dcron/patches/fix-signal-to-crond.logrotate.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 33fb67c5de7..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/dcron/patches/fix-signal-to-crond.logrotate.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- crond-4.4/extra/crond.logrotate	2010-11-26 16:27:29.961409375 +0100
-+++ crond-4.4.new/extra/crond.logrotate	2010-11-26 16:28:29.195004589 +0100
-@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
--/var/log/crond.log {
-+/var/log/cron {
-    sharedscripts
-    copytruncate
-    missingok
-    postrotate
--	   kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cron.pid`
-+	   kill -HUP $(pidof -o %PPID crond)
-    endscript
- }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dcron/template b/srcpkgs/dcron/template
index ad41e72d4b8..f4e7f411c7a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/dcron/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/dcron/template
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'dcron'
 pkgname=dcron
-version=4.4
-revision=1
-patch_args="-Np1"
+version=4.5
 distfiles="http://www.jimpryor.net/linux/releases/dcron-${version}.tar.gz"
 build_style=custom-install
 short_desc="Dillon's lightweight cron daemon"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=0847dee3a76ba504f2f1587038fef5193b143988c96bf3fdc511abd23099cb66
+checksum=9e50edb6f5bd8153b16bad05087d985e5153ce45cc01ae77e7f842213fb4a824
 long_desc="
  This lightweight cron daemon aims to be simple and secure, with just enough
  features to stay useful. It was written from scratch by Matt Dillon in 1994.
@@ -27,12 +25,12 @@ Add_dependency run glibc
 do_build()
 {
 	make PREFIX=/usr CRONTAB_GROUP=users CRONTABS=/var/spool/cron \
-		CRONSTAMPS=/var/spool/cronstamps || return 1
+		CRONSTAMPS=/var/spool/cronstamps ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install()
 {
-	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install || return 1
+	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 
 	install -d ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.{hour,week,month}ly
 	install -D -m755 extra/run-cron ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin/run-cron