diff --git a/tor/tor.patch b/tor/tor.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8745f3a1e8..0000000000
--- a/tor/tor.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-Index: configure
---- configure.orig	2010-01-26 19:13:48 +0100
-+++ configure	2010-01-29 20:17:31 +0100
-@@ -7498,7 +7498,7 @@
-      TOR_OPENSSL_LIBS="$TOR_LIBDIR_openssl/libcrypto.a $TOR_LIBDIR_openssl/libssl.a"
-    fi
- else
--     TOR_OPENSSL_LIBS="-lcrypto -lssl"
-+     TOR_OPENSSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto"
- fi
- echo "TOR_OPENSSL_LIBS=$TOR_OPENSSL_LIBS"
- 
diff --git a/tor/tor.spec b/tor/tor.spec
index e0e00c66c3..ca23937b47 100644
--- a/tor/tor.spec
+++ b/tor/tor.spec
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 ##
 
 #   package version
-%define       V_dist  0.2.2.8-alpha
-%define       V_opkg  0.2.2.8
+%define       V_dist  0.2.2.9-alpha
+%define       V_opkg  0.2.2.9
 
 #   package information
 Name:         tor
@@ -36,13 +36,12 @@ Class:        PLUS
 Group:        Network
 License:      LGPL
 Version:      %{V_opkg}
-Release:      20100129
+Release:      20100223
 
 #   list of sources
 Source0:      http://www.torproject.org/dist/tor-%{V_dist}.tar.gz
 Source1:      rc.tor
 Source2:      torrc
-Patch0:       tor.patch
 
 #   build information
 Prefix:       %{l_prefix}
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ AutoReqProv:  no
 
 %prep
     %setup -q -n tor-%{V_dist}
-    %patch -p0
 
 %build
     libs=""