diff --git a/kdelibs-3.5.10-automake-version.patch b/kdelibs-3.5.10-automake-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ee4e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kdelibs-3.5.10-automake-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -ur kdelibs-3.5.10/admin/cvs.sh kdelibs-3.5.10-automake-version/admin/cvs.sh
+--- kdelibs-3.5.10/admin/cvs.sh	2008-08-19 22:28:39.000000000 +0200
++++ kdelibs-3.5.10-automake-version/admin/cvs.sh	2012-06-12 01:24:13.000000000 +0200
+@@ -63,12 +63,7 @@
+ AUTOMAKE_STRING=`$AUTOMAKE --version | head -n 1`
+ required_automake_version="1.6.1 or newer"
+ case $AUTOMAKE_STRING in
+-  automake*1.5d* | automake*1.5* | automake*1.5-* )
+-    echo "*** YOU'RE USING $AUTOMAKE_STRING."
+-    echo "*** KDE requires automake $required_automake_version"
+-    exit 1
+-    ;;
+-  automake*1.6.* | automake*1.7* | automake*1.8* | automake*1.9* | automake*1.10*)
++  automake*)
+     echo "*** $AUTOMAKE_STRING found."
+     UNSERMAKE=no
+     ;;
diff --git a/kdelibs3.spec b/kdelibs3.spec
index 018b9fb..574b1a1 100644
--- a/kdelibs3.spec
+++ b/kdelibs3.spec
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Patch55: kdelibs-3.5.10-latex-syntax-kile-2.0.3.patch
 Patch56: kdelibs-3.5.10-qcolor_gcc_ftbfs.patch
 # fix FTBFS (cups-util.c must include stdio.h, #714133)
 Patch57: kdelibs-3.5.10-cups-util-missing-header.patch
+# remove flawed and obsolete automake version check in admin/cvs.sh
+Patch58: kdelibs-3.5.10-automake-version.patch
 
 # use /etc/kde in addition to /usr/share/config, borrowed from debian
 Patch100: kdelibs-3.5.5-kstandarddirs.patch
@@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ format for easy browsing
 %patch55 -p1 -b .latex-syntax
 %patch56 -p1 -b .qcolor_gcc_ftbfs
 %patch57 -p1 -b .cups-util
+%patch58 -p1 -b .automake-version
 
 %patch100 -p1 -b .kstandarddirs
 %patch101 -p1 -b .libtool-shlibext
@@ -269,9 +272,6 @@ format for easy browsing
 
 sed -i -e "s,^#define KDE_VERSION_STRING .*,#define KDE_VERSION_STRING \"%{version}-%{release} %{distname}\"," kdecore/kdeversion.h
 
-# hack/fix for newer automake
-sed -i.automake -e 's|automake\*1\.10\*|automake*1.1[0-5]*|' admin/cvs.sh
-diff -u admin/cvs.sh.automake admin/cvs.sh
 make -f admin/Makefile.common cvs
 
 
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/crystalsvg 2> /dev/null || :
 %changelog
 * Mon Jun 11 2012 Kevin Kofler <Kevin@tigcc.ticalc.org> - 3.5.10-37
 - rebuild for fixed GCC (#830618)
-- fix sed syntax in the automake version hack
+- remove flawed and obsolete automake version check in admin/cvs.sh
 
 * Tue May 08 2012 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 3.5.10-36
 - rebuild (libtiff)