diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/A00-tags.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/A00-tags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b5d7d7da12b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/A00-tags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff -ru mpeg2dec.orig/libmpeg2/decode.c mpeg2dec/libmpeg2/decode.c
---- mpeg2dec.orig/libmpeg2/decode.c	2008-07-09 12:16:05.000000000 -0700
-+++ mpeg2dec/libmpeg2/decode.c	2009-07-03 16:29:48.000000000 -0700
-@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
- 
- mpeg2_state_t mpeg2_parse_header (mpeg2dec_t * mpeg2dec)
- {
--    static int (* process_header[]) (mpeg2dec_t * mpeg2dec) = {
-+    static int (* process_header[]) (mpeg2dec_t *) = {
- 	mpeg2_header_picture, mpeg2_header_extension, mpeg2_header_user_data,
- 	mpeg2_header_sequence, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, mpeg2_header_gop
-     };
-@@ -368,6 +368,14 @@
- 
- void mpeg2_tag_picture (mpeg2dec_t * mpeg2dec, uint32_t tag, uint32_t tag2)
- {
-+    if (mpeg2dec->num_tags == 0 && mpeg2dec->state == STATE_PICTURE && mpeg2dec->picture) {
-+        // since tags got processed when we entered this state we
-+        // have to set them directly or they'll end up on the next frame.
-+        mpeg2dec->picture->tag = tag;
-+        mpeg2dec->picture->tag2 = tag2;
-+        mpeg2dec->picture->flags |= PIC_FLAG_TAGS;
-+        return;
-+    }
-     mpeg2dec->tag_previous = mpeg2dec->tag_current;
-     mpeg2dec->tag2_previous = mpeg2dec->tag2_current;
-     mpeg2dec->tag_current = tag;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/default.nix
index e651a932efe3..c20087008048 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmpeg2/default.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libmpeg2-0.5.1p4";
-  
+  version = "0.5.1";
+  name = "libmpeg2-${version}";
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/files/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "1m3i322n2fwgrvbs1yck7g5md1dbg22bhq5xdqmjpz5m7j4jxqny";
   };
 
-  # From Handbrake - Project seems unmaintained
-  patches = [
-    ./A00-tags.patch
-  ];
-
   meta = {
     homepage = http://libmpeg2.sourceforge.net/;
     description = "A free library for decoding mpeg-2 and mpeg-1 video streams";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
+    maintainer = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ fuuzetsu ];
   };
 }