diff --git a/python/python-magick/patches/__init__-fixup b/python/python-magick/patches/__init__-fixup
deleted file mode 100644
index 76154ef209..0000000000
--- a/python/python-magick/patches/__init__-fixup
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur PythonMagick-0.9.8.orig/PythonMagick/__init__.py PythonMagick-0.9.8/PythonMagick/__init__.py
---- PythonMagick-0.9.8.orig/PythonMagick/__init__.py	2012-01-25 21:03:38.000000000 +0100
-+++ PythonMagick-0.9.8/PythonMagick/__init__.py	2012-09-20 06:04:26.032241745 +0200
-@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
--from . import _PythonMagick
--
--class Image(_PythonMagick.Image):
--    pass
-+import PythonMagick._PythonMagick as _PythonMagick
-+from PythonMagick._PythonMagick import *
- 
- class Blob(_PythonMagick.Blob):
-     def __init__(self,*args):
diff --git a/python/python-magick/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.1-use_active_python_version.patch b/python/python-magick/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.1-use_active_python_version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4293fc17df..0000000000
--- a/python/python-magick/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.1-use_active_python_version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
---- m4/ax_python.m4
-+++ m4/ax_python.m4
-@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@
- AC_DEFUN([AX_PYTHON],
- [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for python build information)
- AC_MSG_RESULT([])
--for python in python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python; do
-+for python in python python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1; do
- AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON_BIN, [$python])
- ax_python_bin=$PYTHON_BIN
- if test x$ax_python_bin != x; then
--   AC_CHECK_LIB($ax_python_bin, main, ax_python_lib=$ax_python_bin, ax_python_lib=no)
--   AC_CHECK_HEADER([$ax_python_bin/Python.h],
--   [[ax_python_header=`locate $ax_python_bin/Python.h | sed -e s,/Python.h,,`]],
-+   [python_version=`$ax_python_bin -c 'import sys; print(".".join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:2]))'`]
-+   AC_CHECK_LIB(python$python_version, main, ax_python_lib=python$python_version, ax_python_lib=no)
-+   AC_CHECK_HEADER([python$python_version/Python.h],
-+   [[ax_python_header=`locate python$python_version/Python.h | sed -e s,/Python.h,,`]],
-    ax_python_header=no)
-    if test $ax_python_lib != no; then
-      if test $ax_python_header != no; then
diff --git a/python/python-magick/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.2-fix_detection_of_python_includedir.patch b/python/python-magick/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.2-fix_detection_of_python_includedir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d14363b3d..0000000000
--- a/python/python-magick/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.2-fix_detection_of_python_includedir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- m4/ax_python.m4
-+++ m4/ax_python.m4
-@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
-    [python_version=`$ax_python_bin -c 'import sys; print(".".join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:2]))'`]
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(python$python_version, main, ax_python_lib=python$python_version, ax_python_lib=no)
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER([python$python_version/Python.h],
--   [[ax_python_header=`locate python$python_version/Python.h | sed -e s,/Python.h,,`]],
-+   [[ax_python_header=`$ax_python_bin -c 'import sys; print(sys.prefix + "/include/python%s.%s" % sys.version_info[:2])'`]],
-    ax_python_header=no)
-    if test $ax_python_lib != no; then
-      if test $ax_python_header != no; then
diff --git a/python/python-magick/python-magick.SlackBuild b/python/python-magick/python-magick.SlackBuild
index 1129c7f8fe..ed3e235b23 100644
--- a/python/python-magick/python-magick.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/python-magick/python-magick.SlackBuild
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 PRGNAM=python-magick
 SRCNAM=PythonMagick
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.8}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.12}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fi
 
 DOCS="ChangeLog LICENSE README"
 
-set -e 
+set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
@@ -71,19 +71,6 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-# Provide all objects in PythonMagick
-patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/__init__-fixup
-
-# Use the default python on the system and fix detection of the python
-# include dir (thanks Gentoo)
-patch -p0 < $CWD/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.1-use_active_python_version.patch
-patch -p0 < $CWD/patches/pythonmagick-0.9.2-fix_detection_of_python_includedir.patch
-
-# We have 1.11.5 so it must suffice
-sed -i "s|1\.12|1.11.5|" configure.ac
-
-autoreconf -fi
-
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
diff --git a/python/python-magick/python-magick.info b/python/python-magick/python-magick.info
index c85a139941..84215d949c 100644
--- a/python/python-magick/python-magick.info
+++ b/python/python-magick/python-magick.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="python-magick"
-VERSION="0.9.8"
+VERSION="0.9.12"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.imagemagick.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/python/releases/PythonMagick-0.9.8.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="0b4c66c7f1e7785fa262e75526e1b46b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.imagemagick.org/download/python/releases/PythonMagick-0.9.12.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="5fd807d1468c2d9b798a1e7de2040ba2"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""