diff --git a/admin/monit/Makefile b/admin/monit/Makefile
index cace2bea4..8f077d558 100644
--- a/admin/monit/Makefile
+++ b/admin/monit/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2013 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=monit
-PKG_VERSION:=5.4
+PKG_VERSION:=5.5
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mmonit.com/monit/dist
-PKG_MD5SUM:=f1f391241d44059d0d3e5d26f4ec5ddf
+PKG_MD5SUM:=9b01279316c6492973b224eb95fac687
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/001-no_sslv2.patch b/admin/monit/patches/001-no_sslv2.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/admin/monit/patches/002-uclibc_loadavg.patch b/admin/monit/patches/002-uclibc_loadavg.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000