diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/patches/gcc46.patch b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/patches/gcc46.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d4b3d38370..0000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/patches/gcc46.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig	2011-04-21 03:29:30.000000000 -0700
-+++ configure		2011-04-21 11:42:57.517216676 -0700
-@@ -412,9 +412,9 @@
-       elif [ $cc_maj -lt 3 \
-              -o \( $cc_maj -eq 3 -a $cc_min -lt 2 \) \
-              -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -lt 1 -a "$OS" != "darwin" \) \
--             -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -gt 5 \) \
-+             -o \( $cc_maj -eq 4 -a $cc_min -gt 6 \) \
-              -o $cc_maj -gt 4 ]; then
--        log_failure "gcc version $cc_ver found, expected gcc 3.x with x>1 or gcc 4.x with 0<x<5"
-+        log_failure "gcc version $cc_ver found, expected gcc 3.x with x>1 or gcc 4.x with 0<x<=6"
-         fail really
-       else
-         log_success "found version $cc_ver"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
index 07cc92f22e..fb45106c29 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/virtualbox-ose/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'virtualbox-ose'
 pkgname=virtualbox-ose
-_vbox_distver=4.0.6
+_vbox_distver=4.0.8
 version=${_vbox_distver}
 wrksrc="VirtualBox-${version}_OSE"
 distfiles="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/$version/VirtualBox-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=custom-install
 short_desc="General-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=8d2667f395a3c22ff4819ff51429add4f27fe667f1795821730047be127578b8
+checksum=48961f0d6fe70c3887cbca5ea987767ac1bafd4b64dd3c4d25445682351e118e
 long_desc="
  VirtualBox is a free x86 virtualization solution allowing a wide range of x86
  operating systems such as Windows, DOS, BSD or Linux to run on a Linux system."