diff --git a/flite/Makefile b/flite/Makefile
index 83cb13e..f4c0696 100644
--- a/flite/Makefile
+++ b/flite/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=flite
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.4
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.5
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-current.tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://festvox.org/bard/
diff --git a/flite/patches/0001-add-ben-configure-file.patch b/flite/patches/0001-add-ben-configure-file.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index eae00d5..0000000
--- a/flite/patches/0001-add-ben-configure-file.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-From 3ef2b90c7077dfdcbf3d81dc6eeda948861a0be1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Xiangfu <xiangfu@macbook.openmobilefree.net>
-Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:05:27 +0800
-Subject: [PATCH] add ben configure file
-
----
- config/ben.lv |    5 +++++
- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
- create mode 100644 config/ben.lv
-
-diff --git a/config/ben.lv b/config/ben.lv
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..6caf9fa
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/config/ben.lv
-@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
-+#
-+#  The base languages, lexicons and voices
-+LEXES += cmulex
-+LANGS += usenglish
-+VOXES += cmu_us_kal
--- 
-1.7.5.4
-