diff --git a/haiku-apps/a_book/a_book-1.1.recipe b/haiku-apps/a_book/a_book-1.1.recipe
index 2309d3f6b..7f1fdcefd 100644
--- a/haiku-apps/a_book/a_book-1.1.recipe
+++ b/haiku-apps/a_book/a_book-1.1.recipe
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 SUMMARY="A small calendar application with reminders."
-DESCRIPTION="
-A small calendar application with reminders. You can use this app to organize \
-your time. The application supports the addition to each day tasks with the \
-appropriate hours and browse all of them. Your job will be saved to a file \
-when the application is closed.
-"
+DESCRIPTION="You can use this application to organize upcoming events that \
+you have scheduled. You can add tasks to any day and schedule reminders at \
+particular times for them."
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/HaikuArchives/A-Book"
-SRC_URI="git+https://github.com/HaikuArchives/A-Book.git#fe6c66c631"
-REVISION="2"
-
+SRC_URI="git+https://github.com/HaikuArchives/A-Book.git#b52be13bbf3f2"
+REVISION="3"
 COPYRIGHT="2002 Maurice Michalski"
-
 LICENSE="MIT"
-
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 ?x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
@@ -35,17 +29,15 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:mkdepend
 	"
 
-PATCHES="a_book-1.1.patchset"
-
 BUILD()
 {
-	make OBJ_DIR=objects \
-		BUILDHOME=`finddir B_SYSTEM_DEVELOP_DIRECTORY`
+	cd src
+	make OBJ_DIR=objects
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
 	mkdir -p $appsDir
-	cp -a objects/A-Book $appsDir
+	cp -a src/objects/A-Book $appsDir
 	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/A-Book
 }
diff --git a/haiku-apps/a_book/patches/a_book-1.1.patchset b/haiku-apps/a_book/patches/a_book-1.1.patchset
deleted file mode 100644
index b126dbe85..000000000
--- a/haiku-apps/a_book/patches/a_book-1.1.patchset
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-From 2c7f24af4d3a0336d40a48155556527cdfc6362a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Chris Roberts <cpr420@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 17:30:53 -0700
-Subject: Fix makefile stdc++ libs
-
-
-diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
-index a28bcd4..1c0d18d 100644
---- a/makefile
-+++ b/makefile
-@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ RSRCS=
- #		naming scheme you need to specify the path to the library
- #		and it's name
- #		library: my_lib.a entry: my_lib.a or path/my_lib.a
--LIBS=be
-+LIBS=be $(STDCPPLIBS)
- 
- #	specify additional paths to directories following the standard
- #	libXXX.so or libXXX.a naming scheme.  You can specify full paths
--- 
-1.8.3.4
-