diff --git a/devel/libslang/Makefile b/devel/libslang/Makefile
index 35836db0f500..e83b41c4e1fd 100644
--- a/devel/libslang/Makefile
+++ b/devel/libslang/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=	libslang
-PORTVERSION=	1.4.4
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	1.4.5
 CATEGORIES=	devel
 MASTER_SITES=	ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/v1.4/
 DISTNAME=	slang-${PORTVERSION}
diff --git a/devel/libslang/distinfo b/devel/libslang/distinfo
index 9dae79be6226..3c931e587d39 100644
--- a/devel/libslang/distinfo
+++ b/devel/libslang/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (slang-1.4.4.tar.bz2) = a79b7e57efb8d56a80048144a73ba909
+MD5 (slang-1.4.5.tar.bz2) = 380f5d0c306b70125a110f54814e26a3
diff --git a/devel/libslang/files/patch-aa b/devel/libslang/files/patch-aa
index b29dedfe46e7..b30064568f0b 100644
--- a/devel/libslang/files/patch-aa
+++ b/devel/libslang/files/patch-aa
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
---- configure.orig	Tue Feb 20 20:17:29 2001
-+++ configure	Mon Feb 26 11:28:55 2001
-@@ -1833,8 +1833,8 @@
+--- configure.orig	Sun Feb 10 08:39:19 2002
++++ configure	Sun Feb 17 18:24:45 2002
+@@ -1832,8 +1832,8 @@
  #define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1
  EOF
  
 -  echo $ac_n "checking for dlopen in -ldl""... $ac_c" 1>&6
--echo "configure:1838: checking for dlopen in -ldl" >&5
+-echo "configure:1837: checking for dlopen in -ldl" >&5
 +  echo $ac_n "checking for dlopenl""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-+echo "configure:1838: checking for dlopen" >&5
++echo "configure:1837: checking for dlopen" >&5
  ac_lib_var=`echo dl'_'dlopen | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
  if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
    echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
-@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@
+@@ -1868,7 +1868,7 @@
  if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
    echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
    
@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@
      cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
  #define HAVE_DLOPEN 1
  EOF
-@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@
+@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@
+ 
+ ELFLIB="lib\$(THIS_LIB).so"
+ ELFLIB_MAJOR="\$(ELFLIB).\$(ELF_MAJOR_VERSION)"
+-ELFLIB_MAJOR_MINOR="\$(ELFLIB).\$(ELF_MAJOR_VERSION).\$(ELF_MINOR_VERSION)"
++ELFLIB_MAJOR_MINOR="\$(ELFLIB).\$(ELF_MAJOR_VERSION)"
+ 
+ case "$host_os" in
+   *linux* )
+@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@
      ELF_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
      ELF_LINK="$CC -shared"
      ELF_LINK_CMD="\$(ELF_LINK)"
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@
      CC_SHARED="$CC $CFLAGS -shared -fPIC"
  esac
  
-@@ -2046,6 +2046,19 @@
+@@ -2063,6 +2063,19 @@
        IEEE_CFLAGS="-ieee_with_no_inexact"
      fi
      ;;
@@ -49,10 +58,10 @@
    * )
      IEEE_CFLAGS=""
  esac
-@@ -2408,16 +2421,8 @@
+@@ -2432,16 +2445,8 @@
  
  echo $ac_n "checking SLANG_VERSION""... $ac_c" 1>&6
- echo "configure:2411: checking SLANG_VERSION" >&5
+ echo "configure:2435: checking SLANG_VERSION" >&5
 -slang_version=`grep "^#define  *SLANG_VERSION " $srcdir/src/slang.h |
 -               awk '{ print $3 }'`
 -slang_major_version=`echo $slang_version |
@@ -64,7 +73,7 @@
 -
 -slang_minor_version="$slang_minor_version.$slang_mminor_version"
 +slang_major_version=1
-+slang_miner_version=4
++slang_miner_version=5
  slang_version="$slang_major_version.$slang_minor_version"
  echo "$ac_t""$slang_version" 1>&6
  
diff --git a/devel/libslang/files/patch-ad b/devel/libslang/files/patch-ad
deleted file mode 100644
index 81f024ae10dd..000000000000
--- a/devel/libslang/files/patch-ad
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- src/Makefile.in	Fri Apr 24 01:17:04 1998
-+++ /tmp/Makefile.in	Tue Sep 22 15:45:26 1998
-@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@
- 
- ELFLIB = lib$(THIS_LIB).so#
- ELFLIB_MAJOR = $(ELFLIB).$(ELF_MAJOR_VERSION)#
-+.if ${PORTOBJFORMAT} == elf
-+ELFLIB_MAJOR_MINOR = $(ELFLIB).$(ELF_MAJOR_VERSION)#
-+.else
- ELFLIB_MAJOR_MINOR = $(ELFLIB).$(ELF_MAJOR_VERSION).$(ELF_MINOR_VERSION)#
-+.endif
- 
- ELFDIR_ELF_LIB = $(ELFDIR)/$(ELFLIB_MAJOR_MINOR)#
- 
diff --git a/devel/libslang/pkg-plist b/devel/libslang/pkg-plist
index 527682c3a5a5..9a8f1786ef5a 100644
--- a/devel/libslang/pkg-plist
+++ b/devel/libslang/pkg-plist
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include/slang.h
 include/slcurses.h
 lib/libslang.a
 lib/libslang.so
-lib/libslang.so.1.4
+lib/libslang.so.1
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/slang/COPYING
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/slang/COPYING.ART
 %%PORTDOCS%%share/doc/slang/COPYING.GPL