diff --git a/libraries/libebml/0001.patch b/libraries/libebml/0001.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d548edd3b..0000000000
--- a/libraries/libebml/0001.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/src/EbmlString.cpp b/src/EbmlString.cpp
-index 27e55fd..4c05fcf 100644
---- a/src/EbmlString.cpp
-+++ b/src/EbmlString.cpp
-@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
-   \author Steve Lhomme     <robux4 @ users.sf.net>
- */
- #include <cassert>
-+#include <limits>
- 
- #include "ebml/EbmlString.h"
- 
-diff --git a/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp b/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp
-index 496a16a..99fc073 100644
---- a/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp
-+++ b/src/EbmlUnicodeString.cpp
-@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
- */
- 
- #include <cassert>
-+#include <limits>
- 
- #include "ebml/EbmlUnicodeString.h"
- 
diff --git a/libraries/libebml/libebml.SlackBuild b/libraries/libebml/libebml.SlackBuild
index 44aab5b9f6..a0cd2a15de 100644
--- a/libraries/libebml/libebml.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libebml/libebml.SlackBuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=libebml
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-patch -p1 < $CWD/0001.patch
-
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
   
@@ -100,7 +98,7 @@ make install/strip DESTDIR=$PKG
 cd ..
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a ChangeLog LICENSE.LGPL $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a NEWS.md README.md LICENSE.LGPL $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/libraries/libebml/libebml.info b/libraries/libebml/libebml.info
index 86106fcc90..c6b168c8f7 100644
--- a/libraries/libebml/libebml.info
+++ b/libraries/libebml/libebml.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libebml"
-VERSION="1.4.2"
+VERSION="1.4.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/source.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/libebml-1.4.2.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="194095f4315334fcedacb4900c59c014"
+DOWNLOAD="http://dl.matroska.org/downloads/libebml/libebml-1.4.4.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="d521691cad7200850a78ddc1264e9ef9"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""