diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5348558d..5652ffdf 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ USE_OSGPLUGIN(<plugin2>)
     </tr>
     <tr>
         <td id="giflib-package">giflib</td>
-        <td id="giflib-version">5.0.0</td>
+        <td id="giflib-version">5.0.1</td>
         <td id="giflib-website"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libungif/">giflib</a></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
diff --git a/src/giflib-1-fixes.patch b/src/giflib-1-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 506e8908..00000000
--- a/src/giflib-1-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-This file is part of MXE.
-See index.html for further information.
-
-From e0bcec52c73afb97b91449f1e91cd4da8bf1582f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Mark Brand <mabrand@mabrand.nl>
-Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 08:58:48 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] fix dir delimiter for mingw
-
----
- lib/egif_lib.c |    3 +--
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/lib/egif_lib.c b/lib/egif_lib.c
-index 47be4d9..0e50b06 100644
---- a/lib/egif_lib.c
-+++ b/lib/egif_lib.c
-@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ two modules will be linked.  Preserve this property!
- 
- #ifdef _WIN32
- #include <io.h>
--#include <sys\stat.h>
- #else
- #include <sys/types.h>
--#include <sys/stat.h>
- #endif /* _WIN32 */
-+#include <sys/stat.h>
- 
- #include "gif_lib.h"
- #include "gif_lib_private.h"
--- 
-1.7.10.4
-
diff --git a/src/giflib.mk b/src/giflib.mk
index b7f067d5..8409fa4c 100644
--- a/src/giflib.mk
+++ b/src/giflib.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PKG             := giflib
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 0b032c2104a0956e2f91b6c11ff8c5515421cd8b
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 98477ca6224e3f42e443255a93c5c86d0723e2d6
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := giflib-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := giflib-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.bz2
 $(PKG)_URL      := http://$(SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR)/project/giflib/giflib-5.x/$($(PKG)_FILE)
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         --build="`config.guess`" \
         --prefix='$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)' \
         --disable-shared \
-        --without-x \
         CPPFLAGS='-D_OPEN_BINARY'
     echo 'all:' > '$(1)/doc/Makefile'
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)/lib' -j '$(JOBS)' install