diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/patches/open_wronly_device.patch b/srcpkgs/grub/patches/open_wronly_device.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ea835ff7d2c..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/patches/open_wronly_device.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-* grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c (grub_util_biosdisk_write): Fix opening
-  mode.
-
-2012-04-18  Vladimir Serbinenko  <address@hidden>
-
---- grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c       2012-04-18 21:48:52 +0000
-+++ grub-core/kern/emu/hostdisk.c       2012-04-19 18:35:06 +0000
-@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@
-     {
-       int fd;
-       grub_disk_addr_t max = ~0ULL;
--      fd = open_device (disk, sector, O_RDONLY, &max);
-+      fd = open_device (disk, sector, O_WRONLY, &max);
-       if (fd < 0)
-        return grub_errno;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/grub/template b/srcpkgs/grub/template
index 5512f9db281..8d36539de17 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grub/template
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'grub'
 pkgname=grub
-version="2.00~beta4"
+version="2.00~beta6"
 revision=1
-homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/"
-distfiles="http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-$version.tar.xz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-werror"
-makedepends="xz flex zlib-devel libusb-compat-devel ncurses-devel freetype-devel liblzma-devel device-mapper-devel font-unifont-bdf fuse-devel"
+makedepends="flex libusb-compat-devel ncurses-devel freetype-devel liblzma-devel device-mapper-devel font-unifont-bdf fuse-devel"
 fulldepends="os-prober"
 short_desc="GRand Unified Bootloader 2"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
-checksum=628a17fefafcbd90cdab25220ef3ae717558dde73e55adf83dfee3aae55e390e
+homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/"
+distfiles="http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grub/grub-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=e58f5ae62b3384ccb75ea9709c85f344b68823e422fd3dea127b1dc28c08abfc
 long_desc="
  This is GRUB 2, the second version of the GRand Unified Bootloader.
  GRUB 2 is rewritten from scratch to make GNU GRUB cleaner, safer, more
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ long_desc="
 
 conf_files="/etc/default/grub /etc/grub.d/40_custom"
 
-
 pre_configure() {
 	# fix unifont.bdf location so grub-mkfont can create *.pf2 files
 	sed -i 's|/usr/share/fonts/unifont|/usr/share/fonts/misc|' configure