diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/patches/gdb-amd64-debugreg.patch b/srcpkgs/gdb/patches/gdb-amd64-debugreg.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e7d380ee181..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/patches/gdb-amd64-debugreg.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-diff -u -r -N gdb-7.3.1-org//gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c gdb-7.3.1-patched//gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c
---- gdb-7.3.1-org//gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ gdb-7.3.1-patched//gdb/amd64-linux-nat.c	2011-09-22 22:20:23.438841813 +0000
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- #include "elf/common.h"
- #include <sys/uio.h>
- #include <sys/ptrace.h>
--#include <sys/debugreg.h>
-+#include "debugreg.h"
- #include <sys/syscall.h>
- #include <sys/procfs.h>
- #include <asm/prctl.h>
-diff -u -r -N gdb-7.3.1-org//gdb/debugreg.h gdb-7.3.1-patched//gdb/debugreg.h
---- gdb-7.3.1-org//gdb/debugreg.h	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ gdb-7.3.1-patched//gdb/debugreg.h	2011-09-22 22:20:01.381841813 +0000
-@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
-+#ifndef SYS_DEBUGREG_H
-+#define SYS_DEBUGREG_H
-+
-+#include <stdint.h>
-+
-+#define DR_FIRSTADDR 0
-+#define DR_LASTADDR 3
-+
-+#define DR_STATUS 6
-+#define DR_CONTROL 7
-+
-+#define DR_TRAP0        (0x1)
-+#define DR_TRAP1        (0x2)
-+#define DR_TRAP2        (0x4)
-+#define DR_TRAP3        (0x8)
-+
-+#define DR_STEP         (0x4000)
-+#define DR_SWITCH       (0x8000)
-+
-+#define DR_CONTROL_SHIFT 16
-+#define DR_CONTROL_SIZE  4
-+
-+#define DR_RW_EXECUTE   (0x0)
-+#define DR_RW_WRITE     (0x1)
-+#define DR_RW_READ      (0x3)
-+
-+#define DR_LEN_1 (0x0)
-+#define DR_LEN_2 (0x4)
-+#define DR_LEN_4 (0xC)
-+#define DR_LEN_8 (0x8)
-+
-+#define DR_LOCAL_ENABLE_SHIFT  0
-+#define DR_GLOBAL_ENABLE_SHIFT 1
-+#define DR_ENABLE_SIZE         2
-+
-+#define DR_LOCAL_ENABLE_MASK  (0x55)
-+#define DR_GLOBAL_ENABLE_MASK (0xAA)
-+
-+
-+#if SIZE_MAX > 4294967295
-+# define DR_CONTROL_RESERVED (0xFFFFFFFF0000FC00UL)
-+#else
-+# define DR_CONTROL_RESERVED (0x00FC00U)
-+#endif
-+#define DR_LOCAL_SLOWDOWN   (0x100)
-+#define DR_GLOBAL_SLOWDOWN  (0x200)
-+
-+#endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdb/template b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
index aec1a67780e..20f0b0a56ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdb/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gdb'
 pkgname=gdb
-version=7.8.2
+version=7.9
 revision=1
 patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=605954d5747d5f08ea4b7f48e958d1ebbf39265e18f7f36738deeabb83744485
+checksum=9b315651a16528f7af8c7d8284699fb0c965df316cc7339bb0b7bae335848392
 
 # Package build options
 build_options="gdbserver static python"