diff --git a/comms/aldo/Makefile b/comms/aldo/Makefile
index f9291b02cde2..26c540287f34 100644
--- a/comms/aldo/Makefile
+++ b/comms/aldo/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	libao.so:audio/libao
 USES=		autoreconf compiler:c++0x localbase
 
 GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
-GNU_CONFIGURE_MANPREFIX=${PREFIX}/share
 
 PLIST_FILES=	bin/aldo \
 		share/man/man1/aldo.1.gz
diff --git a/comms/aldo/files/patch-VERSION b/comms/aldo/files/patch-VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a22ab2f1da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/aldo/files/patch-VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--- VERSION.orig	2013-07-16 10:33:43 UTC
++++ VERSION
+@@ -1,2 +1 @@
+-0.7.7
+-
++0.7.8
diff --git a/comms/aldo/files/patch-configure b/comms/aldo/files/patch-configure
deleted file mode 100644
index ecac41752b54..000000000000
--- a/comms/aldo/files/patch-configure
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	2012-03-31 11:55:36 UTC
-+++ configure
-@@ -2725,9 +2725,6 @@ am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"' 
- 
- 
- 
--CPPFLAGS="-I${includedir}"
--LDFLAGS="-L${libdir}"
--LIBS="-L${libdir} ${LIBS}"
- 
- # Checks for programs.
- ac_ext=cpp
diff --git a/comms/aldo/files/patch-configure.ac b/comms/aldo/files/patch-configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dcd4d66d58d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comms/aldo/files/patch-configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2013-07-16 10:33:43 UTC
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -2,22 +2,17 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.59])
+ # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+ 
+ AC_PREREQ([2.59])
+-AC_INIT([aldo], [0.7.7], [Giuseppe Martino denever@users.sf.net])
++AC_INIT([aldo], [0.7.8], [Giuseppe Martino denever@users.sf.net])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
+-AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([dist-bzip2])
++AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
++AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+ 
+-CPPFLAGS="-I${includedir}"
+-LDFLAGS="-L${libdir}"
+-LIBS="-L${libdir} ${LIBS}"
+-
+ # Checks for programs.
+ AC_PROG_CXX
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ #AC_PROG_RANLIB
+ 
+ # Checks for header files.
+-AC_HEADER_STDC
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(ao, main)
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(ao/ao.h, [], [echo "Error! You need to have libao (www.xiph.org/ao) around.";exit -1])
+ 
+@@ -27,7 +22,6 @@ AC_C_INLINE
+ AC_C_INLINE
+ 
+ # Checks for library functions.
+-AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([floor])
+ 
+ AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
diff --git a/comms/aldo/files/patch-include_Makefile.in b/comms/aldo/files/patch-include_Makefile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 370528edcfa7..000000000000
--- a/comms/aldo/files/patch-include_Makefile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- include/Makefile.in.orig	2012-03-31 11:55:36 UTC
-+++ include/Makefile.in
-@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ PATH_SEPARATOR = @PATH_SEPARATOR@
- SET_MAKE = @SET_MAKE@
- SHELL = @SHELL@
- STRIP = @STRIP@
--VERSION = @VERSION@
-+VERSION = "@VERSION@"
- abs_builddir = @abs_builddir@
- abs_srcdir = @abs_srcdir@
- abs_top_builddir = @abs_top_builddir@