diff --git a/utils/smartmontools/Makefile b/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
index 69494bebb..5b98d58e9 100644
--- a/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
+++ b/utils/smartmontools/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=smartmontools
-PKG_VERSION:=5.38
+PKG_VERSION:=5.40
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/smartmontools
-PKG_MD5SUM:=a282846532ecbd6b4a28072373b3a70b
+PKG_MD5SUM:=0f0be0239914ad87830a4fff594bda5b
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
@@ -35,19 +35,27 @@ endef
 # uses GNU configure
 
 define Build/Configure	
-	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); ./autogen.sh );
-	$(call Build/Configure/Default,, \
-		ac_libc_have_working_snprintf=yes \
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
+	./autogen.sh \
+	./configure \
+		CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+		CXX="$(TARGET_CXX)" \
+		CPP="$(TARGET_CPP)" \
 		CXXFLAGS="$$$$CXXFLAGS -fno-builtin -fno-rtti -nostdinc++"  \
 		CPPFLAGS="$$$$CPPFLAGS -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/uClibc++ -I$(LINUX_DIR)/include" \
 		LDFLAGS="$$$$LDFLAGS" \
 		LIBS="-nodefaultlibs -luClibc++ -lm $(LIBGCC_S) -lc" \
+		--prefix=/usr \
+		--build=$(GNU_BUILD_NAME) \
+		--host=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+	);
+	$(call Build/Configure/Default,, \
 	)
 endef
 
 define Build/Compile
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
-		CC="$(TARGET_CC)"
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) 
 endef
 
 define Package/smartmontools/install
diff --git a/utils/smartmontools/patches/001-compile-fix.patch b/utils/smartmontools/patches/001-compile-fix.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c360d51b6..000000000
--- a/utils/smartmontools/patches/001-compile-fix.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -88,18 +88,18 @@
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS([uname])
- 
- # Check whether snprintf appends null char and returns expected length on overflow
--AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_WORKING_SNPRINTF, [Define to 1 if the `snprintf' function is sane])
--AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working snprintf])
--AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>]], [[ char buf[]="ABCDEFGHI";
--               int i=snprintf(buf,8,"12345678"); return !(!buf[7] && i==8); ]])],
--              [libc_have_working_snprintf=yes],
--	      [libc_have_working_snprintf=no],
--	      [libc_have_working_snprintf=no])
--AC_SUBST(libc_have_working_snprintf)
--if test "$libc_have_working_snprintf" = "yes"; then
--  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WORKING_SNPRINTF)
--fi
--AC_MSG_RESULT([$libc_have_working_snprintf])
-+#AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_WORKING_SNPRINTF, [Define to 1 if the `snprintf' function is sane])
-+#AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working snprintf])
-+#AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>]], [[ char buf[]="ABCDEFGHI";
-+#               int i=snprintf(buf,8,"12345678"); return !(!buf[7] && i==8); ]])],
-+#              [libc_have_working_snprintf=yes],
-+#	      [libc_have_working_snprintf=no],
-+#	      [libc_have_working_snprintf=no])
-+#AC_SUBST(libc_have_working_snprintf)
-+#if test "$libc_have_working_snprintf" = "yes"; then
-+#  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WORKING_SNPRINTF)
-+#fi
-+#AC_MSG_RESULT([$libc_have_working_snprintf])
- 
- # check for __attribute__((packed))
- AH_TEMPLATE(HAVE_ATTR_PACKED, [Define to 1 if C++ compiler supports __attribute__((packed))])