diff --git a/src/gdal-1-png.patch b/src/gdal-1-png.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 357e2dde..00000000
--- a/src/gdal-1-png.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-This file is part of mingw-cross-env.
-See doc/index.html for further information.
-
-http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/changeset/21526
-Index: /branches/1.8/gdal/frmts/png/pngdataset.cpp
-===================================================================
---- a/frmts/png/pngdataset.cpp	(revision 21032)
-+++ b/frmts/png/pngdataset.cpp	(revision 21526)
-@@ -1316,5 +1316,5 @@
-     */
-    check = (png_size_t)VSIFReadL(data, (png_size_t)1, length,
--                                 (VSILFILE*)png_ptr->io_ptr);
-+                                 (VSILFILE*)png_get_io_ptr(png_ptr));
- 
-    if (check != length)
-@@ -1331,5 +1331,5 @@
-    png_uint_32 check;
- 
--   check = VSIFWriteL(data, 1, length, (VSILFILE*)(png_ptr->io_ptr));
-+   check = VSIFWriteL(data, 1, length, (VSILFILE*)png_get_io_ptr(png_ptr));
- 
-    if (check != length)
-@@ -1342,5 +1342,5 @@
- static void png_vsi_flush(png_structp png_ptr)
- {
--    VSIFFlushL( (VSILFILE*)(png_ptr->io_ptr) );
-+    VSIFFlushL( (VSILFILE*)png_get_io_ptr(png_ptr) );
- }
- 
-@@ -1358,5 +1358,5 @@
-     // semantics.  Ugg. 
- 
--    jmp_buf* psSetJmpContext = (jmp_buf*) png_ptr->error_ptr;
-+    jmp_buf* psSetJmpContext = (jmp_buf*) png_get_error_ptr(png_ptr);
-     if (psSetJmpContext)
-     {
diff --git a/src/gdal.mk b/src/gdal.mk
index e4c4e3bc..cfae6787 100644
--- a/src/gdal.mk
+++ b/src/gdal.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # GDAL
 PKG             := gdal
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.8.0
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := e5a2802933054050c6fb0b0a0e1f46b5dd195b0a
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.8.1
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := b2f8b12ebdd00c05bc7f1ab7b761d9ac335c470c
 $(PKG)_SUBDIR   := gdal-$($(PKG)_VERSION)
 $(PKG)_FILE     := gdal-$($(PKG)_VERSION).tar.gz
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := http://www.gdal.org/