diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv/patches/pkgconfig.patch b/srcpkgs/opencv/patches/pkgconfig.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index de475d92f36..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv/patches/pkgconfig.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
---- cmake/OpenCVGenPkgconfig.cmake	2013-11-12 20:31:27.253763202 +0000
-+++ cmake/OpenCVGenPkgconfig.cmake	2013-11-12 20:41:48.936262732 +0000
-@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
- # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- set(prefix      "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
- set(exec_prefix "\${prefix}")
--set(libdir      "") #TODO: need link paths for OpenCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS
-+set(libdir      "\${prefix}/${OPENCV_LIB_INSTALL_PATH}")
- set(includedir  "\${prefix}/${OPENCV_INCLUDE_INSTALL_PATH}")
- 
- if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Release")
-@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
- ocv_list_reverse(OpenCV_EXTRA_COMPONENTS)
- 
- #build the list of components
--set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "")
-+set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "-L\${libdir}")
- foreach(CVLib ${OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS})
-   get_target_property(libpath ${CVLib} LOCATION_${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
-   get_filename_component(libname "${libpath}" NAME)
-+  get_filename_component(lname "${libpath}" NAME_WE)
- 
-   if(INSTALL_TO_MANGLED_PATHS)
-     set(libname "${libname}.${OPENCV_VERSION}")
-@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@
-     set(installDir "${OPENCV_LIB_INSTALL_PATH}")
-   endif()
- 
--  set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "${OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_} \${exec_prefix}/${installDir}/${libname}")
-+  string(REPLACE "libopencv" "-lopencv" lname "${lname}")
-+  set(OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_ "${OpenCV_LIB_COMPONENTS_} ${lname}")
- endforeach()
- 
- # add extra dependencies required for OpenCV
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv/patches/x86_asmfix.patch b/srcpkgs/opencv/patches/x86_asmfix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cb52751f2fb..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv/patches/x86_asmfix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-From ea50be0529c248961e1b66293f8a9e4b807294a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:17:23 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] core: fix x86 PIC code compilation
-
-This bug was triggered by Buildroot autobuilders [1,2], causing this
-kind of failures [3,4]:
-
-  [ 14%] Building CXX object modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/src/system.cpp.o
-  /home/test/autobuild/instance-0/output/build/opencv-2.4.10/modules/core/src/system.cpp: In function '(static initializers for /home/test/autobuild/instance-0/output/build/opencv-2.4.10/modules/core/src/system.cpp)':
-  /home/test/autobuild/instance-0/output/build/opencv-2.4.10/modules/core/src/system.cpp:280:10: error: inconsistent operand constraints in an 'asm'
-  make[3]: *** [modules/core/CMakeFiles/opencv_core.dir/src/system.cpp.o] Error 1
-
-[1] http://buildroot.org/
-[2] http://autobuild.buildroot.org/
-[3] http://autobuild.buildroot.org/?reason=opencv-2.4.10
-[4] http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/483/4838285b25d6293a5cf0bb9eadd5040a7c75d766/build-end.log
-
-Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
----
- modules/core/src/system.cpp | 5 ++++-
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-diff --git a/modules/core/src/system.cpp b/modules/core/src/system.cpp
-index 5a970d5..e9ffdc7 100644
---- modules/core/src/system.cpp
-+++ modules/core/src/system.cpp
-@@ -267,14 +267,17 @@ struct HWFeatures
-          : "cc"
-         );
-         #else
-+        // We need to preserve ebx since we are compiling PIC code.
-+        // This means we cannot use "=b" for the 2nd output register.
-         asm volatile
-         (
-          "pushl %%ebx\n\t"
-          "movl $7,%%eax\n\t"
-          "movl $0,%%ecx\n\t"
-          "cpuid\n\t"
-+         "movl %%ebx,%1\n\t"
-          "popl %%ebx\n\t"
--         : "=a"(cpuid_data[0]), "=b"(cpuid_data[1]), "=c"(cpuid_data[2]), "=d"(cpuid_data[3])
-+         : "=a"(cpuid_data[0]), "=r"(cpuid_data[1]), "=c"(cpuid_data[2]), "=d"(cpuid_data[3])
-          :
-          : "cc"
-         );
diff --git a/srcpkgs/opencv/template b/srcpkgs/opencv/template
index e4ae29c877c..f88e880b34d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opencv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opencv/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'opencv'
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et:
 pkgname=opencv
-version=2.4.10
-revision=3
+version=2.4.11
+revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-maintainer="Carlo Dormeletti <carloDOTdormelettiATaliceDOTit>"
-homepage="http://opencv.org"
-license="BSD"
-short_desc="Computer vision and machine learning software library"
 configure_args="-Wno-dev"
 hostmakedepends="cmake pkg-config python-devel eigen unzip python-numpy-devel"
 makedepends="ffmpeg-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel
  jasper-devel libopenexr-devel"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+homepage="http://opencv.org"
+license="BSD"
+short_desc="Computer vision and machine learning software library"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/opencvlibrary/opencv-unix/${version}/opencv-${version}.zip"
-checksum=1bf4cb87283797fd91669d4f90b622a677a903c20b4a577b7958a2164f7596c6
+checksum=af1952fd40fb0dc5e369725e073ac4650847e956fbf77c5f206b6da8ce2b1fea
 
 libopencv_package() {
     short_desc+=" - library files"
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ libopencv_package() {
         vmove usr/lib/*.so.*
     }
 }
-
 libopencv-devel_package() {
     short_desc+=" - development files"
     depends="libopencv>=${version}_${revision}"
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ libopencv-devel_package() {
         vmove usr/share/OpenCV
     }
 }
-
 libopencv-python_package(){
     short_desc+=" - Python bindings"
     pkg_install() {