diff --git a/dev-util/premake/patches/premake-4.3.patch b/dev-util/premake/patches/premake-4.3.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index e02982f80..000000000
--- a/dev-util/premake/patches/premake-4.3.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur premake-4.3/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make premake-4.3-haiku/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make
---- premake-4.3/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make	2010-11-16 11:29:14.028311552 +0000
-+++ premake-4.3-haiku/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make	2012-12-27 23:50:16.043253760 +0000
-@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
-   CPPFLAGS  += -MMD -MP $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES)
-   CFLAGS    += $(CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH) -Wall -Os
-   CXXFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS) 
--  LDFLAGS   += -s -rdynamic
--  LIBS      += -lm -ldl
-+  LDFLAGS   += -s
-+  LIBS      +=
-   RESFLAGS  += $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) 
-   LDDEPS    += 
-   LINKCMD    = $(CC) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(ARCH) $(LIBS)
-diff -Naur premake-4.3/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h
---- premake-4.3/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h	2010-11-16 11:29:12.042991616 +0000
-+++ premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h	2012-12-27 23:50:16.050331648 +0000
-@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
- #define LUA_USE_MKSTEMP
- #define LUA_USE_ISATTY
- #define LUA_USE_POPEN
--#define LUA_USE_ULONGJMP
- #endif
- 
- 
-diff -Naur premake-4.3/src/host/premake.h premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/premake.h
---- premake-4.3/src/host/premake.h	2010-11-16 11:29:12.047185920 +0000
-+++ premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/premake.h	2012-12-27 23:50:16.052166656 +0000
-@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
- 
- /* Identify the current platform I'm not sure how to reliably detect
-  * Windows but since it is the most common I use it as the default */
--#if defined(__linux__)
-+#if defined(__linux__)  || defined(__HAIKU__)
- #define PLATFORM_LINUX    (1)
- #define PLATFORM_STRING   "linux"
- #elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
diff --git a/dev-util/premake/premake-4.3.recipe b/dev-util/premake/premake-4.3.recipe
deleted file mode 100644
index d01ce86be..000000000
--- a/dev-util/premake/premake-4.3.recipe
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION="Powerfully simple build configuration"
-HOMEPAGE="http://industriousone.com/premake"
-SRC_URI="http://sourceforge.net/projects/premake/files/Premake/4.3/premake-4.3-src.zip/download"
-CHECKSUM_MD5="8cfafee76f9665c93b2e9ad15b015eb7"
-REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND=""
-
-BUILD()
-{
-	cd premake-4.3/build/gmake.unix
-	make config=release
-}
-
-INSTALL()
-{
-	cd premake-4.3/bin/release
-	mkdir -p $DESTDIR`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
-	install -m 0755 premake4 $DESTDIR`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
-}
-
-LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
-COPYRIGHT="2012 Industrious One, LLC"
diff --git a/dev-util/premake/premake-4.4.beta5.recipe b/dev-util/premake/premake-4.4.beta5.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fb50e685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/premake/premake-4.4.beta5.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+SUMMARY="Powerfully simple build configuration"
+DESCRIPTION="\
+Describe your software project with a full-featured scripting language and \
+let Premake write the build scripts for you. With one file your project can \
+support both IDE-addicted Windows coders and Linux command-line junkies!
+"
+HOMEPAGE="http://industriousone.com/premake"
+SRC_URI="http://sourceforge.net/projects/premake/files/Premake/4.4/premake-4.4-beta5-src.zip"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="0fa1ed02c5229d931e87995123cdb11d44fcc8bd99bba8e8bb1bbc0aaa798161"
+REVISION="1"
+LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="2012 Industrious One, LLC"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 ?x86_64"
+if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
+	ARCHITECTURES="$ARCHITECTURES x86_gcc2"
+else
+	ARCHITECTURES="$ARCHITECTURES !x86_gcc2"
+fi
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	premake
+	premake4$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:premake4$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+"
+
+SOURCE_DIR="premake-4.4-beta5"
+
+PATCH()
+{
+	sed -i '/#define LUA_USE_ULONGJMP/d' src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h
+	sed -i '/-lm/d' build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make
+	sed -i 's/-rdynamic//g' build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make
+}
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	cd build/gmake.unix
+	make config=release
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	cd bin/release
+	mkdir -p $binDir
+	install -m 0755 premake4 $binDir
+}
+