diff --git a/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools-1.4.4.patch b/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools-1.4.4.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b9a1a72313..0000000000
--- a/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools-1.4.4.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru linuxconsoletools-1.4.4.orig/docs/Makefile linuxconsoletools-1.4.4/docs/Makefile
---- linuxconsoletools-1.4.4.orig/docs/Makefile	2011-12-15 16:49:01.000000000 +0100
-+++ linuxconsoletools-1.4.4/docs/Makefile	2012-12-11 08:46:08.276507553 +0100
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- PREFIX          ?= /usr/local
- 
- install:
--	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
--	install $(MANPAGES) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
-+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man/man1
-+	install $(MANPAGES) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/man/man1
- 
- .PHONY: install
diff --git a/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.SlackBuild b/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.SlackBuild
index ef30234847..f968883ac9 100644
--- a/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.SlackBuild
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
 #  OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# 20140315 bkw: took over maintenance, updated for 1.4.7, replaced patch
+# with a bit of sed.
+
 PRGNAM=linuxconsoletools
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.7}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -64,13 +67,13 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
- \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
- -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-# Patch to install manpages in /usr/man instead of /usr/share/man
-patch -p1 < $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.patch
+# install manpages in /usr/man instead of /usr/share/man
+sed -i 's,share/man,man,g' docs/Makefile
 
 # No ./configure provided
 make CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" PREFIX=/usr
diff --git a/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.info b/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.info
index 0eb79f31ba..433d9d354f 100644
--- a/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.info
+++ b/system/linuxconsoletools/linuxconsoletools.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="linuxconsoletools"
-VERSION="1.4.4"
+VERSION="1.4.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxconsole/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/linuxconsole/linuxconsoletools-1.4.4.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="4ae531759fb7b2315db941a0bea52884"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/linuxconsole/linuxconsoletools-1.4.7.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="fc839ab0dd04718244e17eab9d137ecd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="B Watson"
-EMAIL=" yalhcru@gmail.com"
+MAINTAINER="B. Watson"
+EMAIL="yalhcru@gmail.com"